sycamore

Meaning

1. 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.
2. A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
3. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.

Concepts

sycamore

platan

plane

plane tree

mulberry fig

sycamore maple

sycamore fig

great maple

scottish maple

lacewood

Ficus sycomorus

Acer pseudoplatanus

buttonwood

maple

mulberry

plane-tree

occidental plane

american planetree

american sycamore

fig-mulberry

sycomore

Scottish maple

caterpillar of sycamore

sycamore moth

sycamore tree

Hyphenated as

syc‧a‧more

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪkəmɔɹ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Maybe the church , with the sycamore growing from within , had been haunted .