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Definition of sycamore in English: sycamorenoun ˈsɪkəmɔːˈsɪkəˌmɔr 1A large Eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern Europe. It is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees. 欧亚槭 Acer pseudoplatanus, family Aceraceae Example sentencesExamples - I write to thank you for the recent article in your paper regarding my battle to save my 100-year-old sycamore.
- The main crops my bees feed themselves on are sycamore, but there is quite a profusion of different flowers in the area, along with clover and heather.
- Spruce, larch and sycamore have already been felled from the site to favour oaks, yews and birches to leave the best spruce to grow on.
- Most of the track is elegantly lined with cherry, silver birch and sycamore, in avenue style.
- Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the intrusion of species such as sycamore and beech, which migrated to the country in the middle ages.
2North American The buttonwood tree. 〈北美〉悬铃木，美国梧桐 Example sentencesExamples - The undulating landscape of lawns, palms, sycamores, blackthorns and acacias was interspersed with gazebos and pseudo-Moorish limestone structures that house the coffee shop and seating areas.
- He planned to have an avenue of oaks on the west, of birches on the east, and of sycamores and poplars on the other boundaries of the village.
- Among the 68 trees to be cut are American elms, sycamores, tulip poplars, a couple of Yoshino cherries, a dogwood, and one cucumber magnolia.
- Neerly 20,000 seeds of walnut, chestnut, ash, oaks, sycamores, pines, willows and bamboos were put in.
- Spanish chestnuts, sycamores, willows, elms and oaks, to name but a few, located in every county have been studied, measured and observed in an attempt to find the champion of champions.
- He knows what the moss looks like, how high it grows around the base of an oak and how thickly it will cling to a sycamore.
- Fitzgerald began by planting windbreaks of Monteray pine and cypress, sycamore and escallonia to protect an amazing collection of plants from the southern hemisphere.
- It's apple harvest time, and the cool nights begin to color the oaks, sycamores, and aspens red, orange, and gold, complementing the rust and ocher hues of those famous rock formations.
- The 16 biggest additions to the Register are all hardwoods: a sycamore, a cottonwood, an elm, 12 oaks, and an introduced eucalyptus.
- Plants that grow along the stream banks include alder, Fremont cottonwood, sycamore, honey mesquite, and Goodding willow.
3(in biblical use) a fig tree that grows in the Middle East. 圣经用语西克莫无花果树，埃及榕 Ficus sycomorus, family Moraceae Example sentencesExamples - The sycomore fig was of outstanding importance in ancient Egypt.
- The fruit of the sycamore fig is not grown commercially.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French sic(h)amor, via Latin from Greek sukomoros, from sukon 'fig' + moron 'mulberry'. Definition of sycamore in US English: sycamorenounˈsikəˌmôrˈsɪkəˌmɔr 1North American An American plane tree. Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae: several species, in particular P. occidentalis (also called buttonwood or buttonball tree), which is the largest deciduous tree in the US Example sentencesExamples - Somewhat smaller than the American sycamore, bloodgood has slightly smaller leaves and a more greenish tinge overall.
- At a bend in the dusty road, beneath the shelter of a thick, curved sycamore, Altair rested, gazing up at the clouds above him.
- One hundred and thirty species of plants are represented, many typical of a warm-temperate to subtropical environment, such as avocado, magnolia, and sycamore.
- Floodplain forest is thick with green ash, American elm, sycamore, cottonwood, and silver maple, with box elder near the water's edge.
- Two faces of Texas: along the Devils River, wetland meets desert, and eastern sycamore thrives in sight of Christmas cactus
- Buildings recent and original, of stone and wood, run along the edge of the creek amidst stone walls and paths, sycamore and oak.
2A large Eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern Europe. 欧亚槭 Acer pseudoplatanus, family Aceraceae Example sentencesExamples - Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the intrusion of species such as sycamore and beech, which migrated to the country in the middle ages.
- The main crops my bees feed themselves on are sycamore, but there is quite a profusion of different flowers in the area, along with clover and heather.
- I write to thank you for the recent article in your paper regarding my battle to save my 100-year-old sycamore.
- Most of the track is elegantly lined with cherry, silver birch and sycamore, in avenue style.
- Spruce, larch and sycamore have already been felled from the site to favour oaks, yews and birches to leave the best spruce to grow on.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French sic(h)amor, via Latin from Greek sukomoros, from sukon ‘fig’ + moron ‘mulberry’. |