sycamore

Etymology
Circa 1350 as, from , from , from , from +. Possibly influenced by.

In the 16th c. applied to the European maple, in the early 19th c. to various plane tree species introduced to North America, perhaps in analogy to their shadiness.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus, especially  (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.
 * 2)  A large British and European species of maple,, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
 * 3)  A large tree bearing edible fruit,, allied to the , found in Egypt and Syria.
 * 1)  A large British and European species of maple,, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
 * 2)  A large tree bearing edible fruit,, allied to the , found in Egypt and Syria.
 * 1)  A large British and European species of maple,, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
 * 2)  A large tree bearing edible fruit,, allied to the , found in Egypt and Syria.
 * 1)  A large tree bearing edible fruit,, allied to the , found in Egypt and Syria.

Translations

 * Arabic: جُمَّيْز
 * Aromanian: paltin
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎪᏧᏁᎦ, ᎫᏩᏧᏁᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 美桐
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: plataanid, plaatanid
 * Finnish: ; amerikanplataani, lännenplataani
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მთის ბოყვი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πλάτανος
 * Hebrew: דולב
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スズカケノキ, プラタナス
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: platanus
 * Malagasy:
 * Malayalam: ചിനാർ
 * Maori: hikamora, hikamoa
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mwela
 * Tagalog: sikomoro
 * Tatar: чинар
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: платан


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: черничева смокиня
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: sikomoro
 * Estonian: plataan,
 * Finnish: sykomori, metsäviikunapuu
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: Maulbeerfeige, Maulbeer-Feige, Sykomore, Eselsfeige
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: συκόμορος
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: エジプトイチジク, イチジクグワ
 * Kikuyu: mũkũyũ
 * Maori: hikamora
 * Middle English: sicamour
 * Portuguese: sicómoro, sicômoro
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: sikomoro
 * Welsh: sycamorwydden