Definitions for Sycamore
ˈsɪk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊrSy·camore

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sycamore, lacewood(noun)

   variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

2. plane tree, sycamore, platan(noun)

   any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

3. sycamore, great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus(noun)

   Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn

4. sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus(noun)

   thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sycamore(Noun)

   Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).

2. sycamore(Noun)

   A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.

3. sycamore(Noun)

   A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.

Origin: Circa 1350, from sicamor, from sycomorus, from συκόμορος, from σῦκον + μόρον. Possibly influenced by שקמה.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sycamore(noun)

   a large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture

2. Sycamore(noun)

   the American plane tree, or buttonwood

3. Sycamore(noun)

   a large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus)

Origin: [L. sycomorus, Gr. the fig mulberry; a fig + the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Sycamore

   sik′a-mōr, n. a fruit-tree of the fig family, common in Palestine, &c.: a species of maple, in Scotland usually called plane-tree: in America, the native plane. [Gr. sykomoros—sykon, a fig, moron, black mulberry.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sycamore in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sycamore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Sycamore in a Sentence

1. Marc Evan:

   During the busy season( late September through November), Marc Evan estimates their shop goes through about 500 pumpkins -- Most come from Sycamore farms in New York -- with the biggest they’ve carved tipping the scales at 1,800 pounds. With all that pumpkin, they try to make good use out of what gets scooped out. I love pumpkin in my food, we ca n’t save all the pumpkin we use but we love roasting the seeds or [ eating ] fresh baked pumpkin bread.

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