Syc·a·more n. 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.]
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Ficus sycomorus
n : 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, sycamore fig, mulberry fig]