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PLATANUS WRIGHTII
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Platanus wrightii mean?
• PLATANUS WRIGHTII (noun)
The noun PLATANUS WRIGHTII has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
Familiarity information: PLATANUS WRIGHTII used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arizona sycamore; Platanus wrightii
Hypernyms ("Platanus wrightii" 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 wrightii" is a member of...):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)
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