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1. i., bot. amerikançınarı. firavuninciri, frenkinciri; çinar. i., bot. amerikançınarı. firavun inciri, çınar yapraklı akçaağaç, çınar.
2. çınar, Ficus sycomorus, sycamore fig firavuninciri, hintincir; firavuninciri.
3. firavuninciri. çınar. frenkinciri. çinar.

Etymology : Middle English sicamour, from Middle French sicamor, from Latin sycomorus, from Greek sykomoros, probably modification of a Semitic word akin to Hebrew shiqmAh sycamore
Pronunciation : 'si-k&-"mOr, -"mor
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. buttonwood, any of a number of North American deciduous trees having rounded fruits and a flaky outer bark; Eurasian deciduous maple tree; fig tree native to Africa and southwest Asia. sycamore\syc"a*more\ , n. [l. sycomorus, gr. the fig mulberry; a fig + the black mulberry; or perhaps of semitic origin: cf. f. sycomore. cf. mulberry.] (bot.) (a) a large tree (ficus sycomorus) allied to the common fig. it is found in egypt and syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of scripture. (b) the american plane tree, or buttonwood. (c) a large european species of maple (acer pseudo-platanus). [written sometimes sycomore.]sycamore n.
2. variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: lacewood].
3. any of several trees of the genus platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits [syn: plane tree, platan].
4. eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn [syn: great maple, scottish maple, acer pseudoplatanus ].
5. thick-branched wide-spreading tree of africa and adjacent southwestern asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore [syn: sycamore fig, mulberry fig, ficus sycomorus ]sycamore more properly sycomore (heb. shikmoth and shikmim, gr. sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the fig-mulberry (ficus sycomorus). at jericho, zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see: jesus as he passed by (luke 19:4). this tree was easily destroyed by frost (ps. 78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the "vale" (1 kings 10:27; 2 chr. 1:15: in both passages the r.v. has properly "lowland"), i.e., the "low country," the shephelah, where the climate is mild. amos (7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an inferior character; so also probably jeremiah (24:2). it is to be distinguished from our sycamore (the acer pseudo-platanus), which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.
6. A large tree allied to the common fig.
7. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.
8. The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
9. A large European species of maple . thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree.
10. A sycamore or a sycamore tree is a tree that has yellow flowers and large leaves with five points. Sycamore is the wood of this tree. The furniture is made of sycamore, beech and leather. Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. The sycamore maple, or mock plane (Acer pseudoplatanus), is sometimes also called simply sycamore. The biblical sycamore, actually the sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus), was used by the ancient Egyptians to make mummy cases.