California sycamore

California sycamore
noun
tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers
Syn: ↑Platanus racemosa
Hypernyms: ↑plane tree, ↑sycamore, ↑platan
Member Holonyms: ↑Platanus, ↑genus Platanus

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a tall tree (Platanus racemosa) having deciduous bark, large alternate palmately lobed leaves, and ball-like clusters of greenish flowers without petals or sepals

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