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Meaning of PLATAN

Pronunciation:  'platun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  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
 

PLATAN is a 6 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: plane tree, sycamore
 
 See Also: American plane, American sycamore, Arizona sycamore, buttonwood, California sycamore, genus Platanus, lacewood, London plane, oriental plane, Platanus, Platanus acerifolia, Platanus occidentalis, Platanus orientalis, Platanus racemosa, Platanus wrightii, tree

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Plat"an\, n. [L. platanus. See {Plane} the tree.]
[Written also {platane}.]
The plane tree. --Tennyson.

 

 

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