'Sycamore' definitions:

Definition of 'sycamore'

(from WordNet)
noun
Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: sycamore, lacewood]
noun
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, sycamore, platan]
noun
Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn [syn: sycamore, great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus]
noun
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, Ficus sycomorus]

Definition of 'Sycamore'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sycamore'

From: GCIDE
  • Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species (Platanus racemosa). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sycamore'

From: GCIDE
  • Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is Platanus racemosa. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sycamore'

From: Easton
  • 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.

Sycamore, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
496
Housing Units (2000) :
209
Land area (2000) :
0.997241 sq. miles (2.582841 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.002461 sq. miles (0.006374 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.999702 sq. miles (2.589215 sq. km)
FIPS code :
75104
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
31.670810 N, 83.633871 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
31790
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
914
Housing Units (2000) :
401
Land area (2000) :
0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
FIPS code :
75980
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.950402 N, 83.170919 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
44882 45242 45249
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
183
Housing Units (2000) :
59
Land area (2000) :
4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
FIPS code :
71965
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.401443 N, 94.713463 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
150
Housing Units (2000) :
79
Land area (2000) :
7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
FIPS code :
71972
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
35.519520 N, 94.941129 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000) :
12020
Housing Units (2000) :
4925
Land area (2000) :
5.484594 sq. miles (14.205033 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.017968 sq. miles (0.046537 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
5.502562 sq. miles (14.251570 sq. km)
FIPS code :
74223
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
41.983850 N, 88.694091 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
60178
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
185
Housing Units (2000) :
93
Land area (2000) :
3.171566 sq. miles (8.214319 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.009319 sq. miles (0.024137 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.180885 sq. miles (8.238456 sq. km)
FIPS code :
70900
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
33.038490 N, 81.222032 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sycamore, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sycamore, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
159
Housing Units (2000) :
90
Land area (2000) :
0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
FIPS code :
75190
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
38.246973 N, 85.560664 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.