Platan us (platan us)

[NL. (Tournefort, 1700), Gr. πλάταξ, a fish like a perch, also called κορακίνος; prob. Hat: see plat3.] The typical genus of Plataci dæ, remarkable for the height or depth of the body. platband (plat'band), n. [F. platebande, plat band, lintel, border, OF. platte bande, flat band, Sea-bat ( Platax vespertilio). + bande, band: see band1.] 1. A border of flowers in a garden, or along a wall or the side of a parterre.-2. In arch.: (a) Any flat rectangular molding the projection of which is much le than its width; a fascia. (b) A lintel formed with vou oirs in the manner of an arch, but with the intrados horizontal-a common and vicious modern construction, but employed even in some Roman and medieval work in places where a true arch was not convenient, and when monoliths of sufficient size were not available. See cut of flat arch, under arch1. (c) The fillets between the flutes of an Ionic or a Corinthian column.