From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantssycamoresyc‧a‧more /ˈsɪkəmɔː $ -mɔːr/ noun [countable, uncountable]1HBPa Europeantree that has leaves with five points and seeds with two parts like wings, or the wood of this tree2a NorthAmerican tree with broad leaves, or the wood of this treeExamples from the Corpussycamore• There were tall trees here and there on either side, oak and sycamore and ash and occasionally a sweetchestnut.• Chunks of oak, ash, alder, beech, sycamore and hazellay here and there, awaiting their miracles.• One of the best places for grandsycamores is the north fork of Horrell Creek, in the SuperstitionMountains.• She did not look back to the gate, but only forward, toward the peelingsycamores.• Most stayed, under the shadowyevergreens, among the tall sycamores and beeches on the bluffabove the water.• No longer had she the ache of longing for that stretch of white road leading round to the sycamores.• The sycamoresretreated into the canyons -- the only places with enough moisture and the right climate to support them.Originsycamore(1300-1400)Old Frenchsicamor, from Latin, from Greeksykomoros, probably from a Semitic language
