sycamore
nounHow to pronounce sycamore:
Definition of sycamore:
- sycamore (noun):
- a fig tree (ficus sycomorus) of africa and the middle east that is the sycamore of scripture and has edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig
- 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.
Synonyms for sycamore:
acer pseudoplatanus
aeroplane
aircraft
airliner
airplane
airship
ficus
ficus sycomorus
fig tree
genus ficus
great maple
jet
lacewood
mulberry fig
plane tree
platan
scottish maple
ship
sycamore fig
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