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Meaning of Sycamore | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsɪkəmoɹ

Definitions

  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
  3. Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.
  4. An unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.
  5. A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
  6. Former name of Herndon, California.
  7. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.
  8. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  9. A minor city in Turner County, Georgia.
  10. A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Howard County, Indiana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
  13. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  14. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.
  15. A village in Wyandot County, Ohio.
  16. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
  17. A census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
  18. A town in Allendale County, South Carolina.
  19. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
  20. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
  21. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sycamore Township.

Equivalents

العربية الجمّيز جميز
Azərbaycanca çinar
Català plàtan
Čeština platan
Ελληνικά πλάτανος
Español plátano
فارسی چنار
Galego plátano
עברית דולב שקמה
Հայերեն ժանտաթզենի
Italiano platano
Kurdî cînar
Latina platanus
Polski platan
Português plátano sicómoro
Română platan sicomor
Русский платан чина́р
Kiswahili mkuyu
Tiếng Việt sung

Examples

“Stars shining bright above you / Night breezes seem to whisper, I love you / Birds singin' in the sycamore trees”
“On his dark face were white sycamore patches.”
“The thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore / Still bear young leaflets half the summer through”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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