sycamore
syc.a.more \'sik-*-.mo-(*)r, -.mo.(*)r\ n [ME sicamour, fr. MF sicamor, fr.
L sycomorus, fr. Gk syko]moros, prob. modif. of a Sem word akin to Heb
shiqma-h sycamore 1: a tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Egypt and Asia Minor that
is the sycam ore of Scripture, is useful as a shade tree, and has sweet and
edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig 2: a Eurasian maple
(Acer pseudo-platanus) with long racemes of showy yellow flowers that is
widely planted as a shade tree 3: PLANE; esp : a very large spreading tree
(Platanus occi dentalis) of eastern and central No. America with 3- to
5-lobed broadly ovate leaves