Plane-tree

plān′-trē, n. any one of the several trees constituting the genus Platan us , esp. the oriental or common plane-tree, with its variety the maple-leaved plane-tree, and the American plane-tree, usually called sycamore or buttonwood or buttonball : in Great Britain, the sycamore maple. [Fr. plane —L. platan us —Gr. platanos — platys , broad.]