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Definition of Platanus orientalis

Platanus orientalis
Plane Plane, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species (Platanus racemosa).

Meaning of Platanus orientalis from wikipedia

- Plat**** orientalis, the Old World sycamore or Oriental plane, is a large, deciduous tree of the Platanaceae family, growing to 30 m (98 ft) or more,...
- sycamores (especially Plat**** occidentalis), although the term is also used for several unrelated species of trees. The genus name Plat**** comes from Ancient...
- Plat**** × acerifolia, Plat**** × hispanica, or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus Plat****. It is often known by the synonym London plane or London...
- distinguish it from Plat**** racemosa which was discovered later in the Western United States and called western sycamore. Plat**** occidentalis can often...
- eastern Africa Plat**** orientalis, chinar tree (Old World sycamore) Some North American members of the genus Plat****, including Plat**** occidentalis...
- Fraxinus ornus Olea europaea Pinaceae Pinus brutia "Picea orientalis" Platanaceae Plat**** orientalis Punicaceae Punica granatum Rhamnaceae Paliurus spina-christi...
- The opening aria, "Ombra mai fu", sung by Xerxes to a plane tree (Plat**** orientalis), is set to one of Handel's best-known melodies, and is often known...
- Chinar being the Persian/Turkish/Urdu name for the Oriental Plane (Plat**** orientalis), a large broad leaved deciduous tree. In Estonia and Lithuania,...
- of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. The Plat**** in Kos is an oriental plane (Plat**** orientalis), with a crown diameter of about 12 metres, said...
- introduction to Taxonomy The only extant genus, Plat**** L., 1753, has the type species Plat**** orientalis L., 1753. It is divided into two subgenera: the...