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ORIENTAL PLANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oriental plane mean?
• ORIENTAL PLANE (noun)
The noun ORIENTAL PLANE has 1 sense:
1. large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
Familiarity information: ORIENTAL PLANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
oriental plane; Platanus orientalis
Hypernyms ("oriental plane" is a kind of...):
plane tree; platan; sycamore (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)
Holonyms ("oriental plane" is a member of...):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)
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