Platane vs Sycamore - What's the difference?
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(US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus'', especially ''Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).
(British) A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus , known in North America as the sycamore maple.
A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus'', allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the ''sycamore fig'' or the ''fig-mulberry ; the Biblical sycomore.