sycamore
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sycamore¹
- /ˈsɪkəmoɹ/ US
- /ˈsɪkəmɔː/ UK
Sounds like sycomore
Where it comes from
Circa 1350 as Middle English sicamour, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros, literally “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “fig-mulberry”).
In the 16th c. applied to the European maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), in the early 19th c. to various plane tree species introduced to North America, perhaps in analogy to their shadiness.
noun sycamores · sycomore
- Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses. Stars shining bright above you / Night breezes seem to whisper, I love you / Birds singin' in the sycamore trees
- A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple. The thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore / Still bear young leaflets half the summer through
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A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.
Similar: sycomore, sycomore fig, fig-mulberry
Sycamore²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.
- Former name of Herndon, California.
- An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
- A minor city in Turner County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Howard County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
- A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.
- A village in Wyandot County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Allendale County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sycamore Township.
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noun Platanus
| Español | plátano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スズカケノキ suzukake no ki, プラタナス puratanasu |
| 中文 | 懸鈴木 /悬铃木 xuánlíngmù, 美桐 měitóng |
| Kiswahili | mwela |
| Português | plátano |
| Français | platane |
| Deutsch | Platane |
| Italiano | platano |
| Ελληνικά | πλάτανος plátanos |
| Română | platan |
| Русский | плата́н platán, чинар činar |
| العربية | جُمَّيْز jummayz |
| עברית | דולב dolev |
noun Ficus sycomorus
| Español | sicomoro, sicómoro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | エジプトイチジク Ejiputo-ichijiku, イチジクグワ ichijikuguwa |
| Kiswahili | mkuyu |
| Português | sicómoro, sicômoro |
| Français | sycomore, figuier sycomore |
| Deutsch | Maulbeerfeige, Maulbeer-Feige, Sykomore, Eselsfeige |
| Română | sicomor |
| עברית | שִׁקְמָה shiqmá |
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title = {sycamore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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