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PLATANUS ORIENTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platanus orientalis mean? 

PLATANUS ORIENTALIS (noun)
  The noun PLATANUS ORIENTALIS has 1 sense:

1. large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minorplay

  Familiarity information: PLATANUS ORIENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLATANUS ORIENTALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

oriental plane; Platanus orientalis

Hypernyms ("Platanus orientalis" 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 ("Platanus orientalis" is a member of...):

genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)


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