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Noun: plane tree  pleyn tree
  1. 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
    - sycamore [N. Amer], platan, plane

Derived forms: plane trees

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Platanus, Platanus

Encyclopedia: Plane tree

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