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Definition of Platanus
1. Noun. Genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Platanaceae, Plane-tree Family, Platanaceae
Member holonyms: Plane Tree, Platan, Sycamore, London Plane, Platanus Acerifolia, American Plane, American Sycamore, Buttonwood, Platanus Occidentalis, Oriental Plane, Platanus Orientalis, California Sycamore, Platanus Racemosa, Arizona Sycamore, Platanus Wrightii
Definition of Platanus
1. n. A genus of trees; the plane tree.
Medical Definition of Platanus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Platanus
Literary usage of Platanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The name Sycamore applies to a maple (Acer pseudo- platanus) in Europe, ...
Of the plane trees (platanus) the common or Oriental plane (platanus orientalis) ..."
2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"platanus L. PLANE-TREE. The only genus. About four species and five varieties.
The Old World Plane, platanus orientalis, is cultivated as a street tree. 1. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Burnett has recorded (Dis. of Skin) a case of ichthyosis in an aged lady, in
which platanus caused considerable improvement in the condition of the skin. ..."
4. A Short Treatise on Horticulture: Embracing Descriptions of a Great Variety by William Prince (1828)
"Plane Tree, or platanus.—Of this there are four species, but three of which I
have yet seen in our country, which are as follow :— platanus occidentalis, ..."
5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The silvery variegated- leaved platanus-like Maple.—According to the figure in
Schmidt's ... platanus ..."
6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1854)
"In the vicinity of St. Barbara, Upper California, NUTTALL discovered anew species,
to which he gave the name of platanus ra- ..."
7. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1915)
"The Paleontologic History of the Genus platanus History.—Written Nov. 24, to Dec.
13, 1887. The title originally given to the article was The Pedigree of ..."
8. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The name Sycamore applies to a maple (Acer pseudo- platanus) in Europe, ...
Of the plane trees (platanus) the common or Oriental plane (platanus orientalis) ..."
9. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"platanus L. PLANE-TREE. The only genus. About four species and five varieties.
The Old World Plane, platanus orientalis, is cultivated as a street tree. 1. ..."
10. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Burnett has recorded (Dis. of Skin) a case of ichthyosis in an aged lady, in
which platanus caused considerable improvement in the condition of the skin. ..."
11. A Short Treatise on Horticulture: Embracing Descriptions of a Great Variety by William Prince (1828)
"Plane Tree, or platanus.—Of this there are four species, but three of which I
have yet seen in our country, which are as follow :— platanus occidentalis, ..."
12. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The silvery variegated- leaved platanus-like Maple.—According to the figure in
Schmidt's ... platanus ..."
13. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1854)
"In the vicinity of St. Barbara, Upper California, NUTTALL discovered anew species,
to which he gave the name of platanus ra- ..."
14. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1915)
"The Paleontologic History of the Genus platanus History.—Written Nov. 24, to Dec.
13, 1887. The title originally given to the article was The Pedigree of ..."
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