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sycamore

noun

syc·​a·​more ˈsi-kə-ˌmȯr How to pronounce sycamore (audio)
1
or less commonly sycomore
ˈsi-kə-ˌmȯr How to pronounce sycamore (audio)
: a fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Africa and the Middle East that is the sycamore of Scripture and has edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig
2
: a Eurasian maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) with long racemes of showy yellowish-green flowers that is widely planted as a shade tree
3
: plane entry 4
especially : a very large spreading tree (Platanus occidentalis) chiefly of the eastern and central U.S. with 3- to 5-lobed broadly ovate leaves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web As Cooper’s attorneys prepared an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a mob of masked men broke into the Baltimore County Jail and hanged Cooper from a sycamore tree. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The focus of the second piece is a tiger composed of wood marquetry, including 290 individual pieces cut from tulipwood, plum, ash-olive, maple and sycamore. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 Spotted lanternfly prefer grapes, hops and a host of trees found in Iowa, including tree-of-heaven, apple, cherry, maple, oak, peach, pine, plum, poplar, sycamore, walnut and willow. Fox News, 27 July 2022 Five bedrooms and eight bathrooms fill out the 7,600-square-foot floor plan, and walls of glass take in the leafy, landscaped grounds scattered with sycamore, orange, avocado and palm trees. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 In the square opposite the station, there are mature trees — lime, plane, sycamore, chestnut — and the 18th-century Dial Arch, once a workshop, now a pub. Will Hawkes, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 For those with accessibility issues, there’s a drive along the river from the Starved Rock boat ramp to the main parking lot; look for eagles perched on tall cottonwood and sycamore trees. Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2022 And you, Eastern cottonwood of Clinton, and sycamore of Dutchess! Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022 Fearing the verdict might be reversed upon appeal, a mob of masked white men dragged Cooper from his cell and hung him from a sycamore tree outside the Towson jailhouse. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English sikamour, sicomore, borrowed from Anglo-French sicamour, borrowed from Latin sȳcomorus, borrowed from Greek sȳkómoros "sycamore fig" (sȳkómoron "fruit of the sycamore fig"), probably alteration by folk etymology of sȳkámīnos sycamine, with the ending conformed to móron "black mulberry, blackberry" — more at mulberry

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sycamore was in the 14th century

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