sycamore
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- noun
- /ˈsɪkəˌmɔr/
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sicómoro
- Birds singing in the sycamore tree
- sycamore tree
Walking down a lane of sycamores, I assume the sky is real until a Big Blue peel falls onto my shoulder.
- Walking down a lane of sycamores, I assume the sky is real until a Big Blue peel falls onto my shoulder.
Examples
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"Well, we're right here by this sycamore tree by this creek," Burley Coulter said.
Fiction book (1997) -
From high in the sycamore, he had looked down at the stupid Southern soldier boys.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was born in a sycamore tree.
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Put it in the sycamore tree out back.
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As she came through the gate, she saw him standing facing a sycamore off to one side.
Fiction book (1996) -
Where a big sycamore tree had fallen over and turned up its roots.
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We turned and made our way back across 74-76, past the sycamore tree and back to the store.
Fiction book (1993) -
I believe my mama's sycamore tree... was the prettiest spot on my canvas.
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There is a lovely little cafe there, shaded by sycamores, leafy and dark, and it serves a delicious cappuccino.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old sycamore tree in the park provides shade for families during picnics.
Synonyms
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A large tree with pale, peeling bark, broad leaves, and round seed balls that gives shade
A maple tree from Europe and western Asia with pale flaky bark and five-lobed leaves that turn yellow in autumn
A maple tree with pale flaky grey bark and leaves with five lobes that turn yellow in autumn
A large tree with pale grey flaking bark and big leaves with five rounded parts that turn yellow in autumn
A very large tree from eastern and central North America with broad leaves and patchy peeling bark
A tall tree with pale, peeling bark and large lobed leaves
A medium tree with deeply cut leaves and small groups of fruit that grows in Arizona and nearby areas
A large tree with thick branches from Africa and southwestern Asia that produces small edible figs
A large spreading tree from Africa and Asia that makes small edible but not very tasty figs
A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs
Compounds
A very large tree from eastern and central North America with broad leaves and patchy peeling bark
A medium tree with deeply cut leaves and small groups of fruit that grows in Arizona and nearby areas
- South African
A large spreading tree from Africa and Asia that makes small edible but not very tasty figs
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sycamore comes from the Greek sykomoros, made of syko- 'fig' and -moros 'mulberry', because the first sycamore known to Greeks was a kind of fig tree with fruit like a mulberry. That's why sycamore today names large trees with broad leaves and pale, patchy bark.