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• sycamore fig — noun 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 • Syn:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sycamore — is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.* The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a species of fig, Ficus sycomorus , the sycamore fig or fig mulberry …   Wikipedia

• sycamore — /sik euh mawr , mohr /, n. 1. Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, esp. Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber. 2. Brit. the sycamore maple. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Sycamore (disambiguation) — The word Sycamore may refer to:In nature*Sycamore, a name used for several types of trees **The sycamore fig **The Sycamore Maple **The sycamores of North America (e.g. the American sycamore and the California sycamore) *Sycamore (moth)… …   Wikipedia

• fig tree — noun any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑fig, ↑common fig, ↑common fig tree, ↑Ficus carica, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• SYCAMORE — (Heb. שִׁקְמָה), the Ficus sycomorus, of the same genus as the fig tree. There is no connection between it and the plane tree , whose biblical name is armon and which is popularly called the sycamore. The sycamore is frequently mentioned in the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sycamore — Syc a*more, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry; ? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. {Mulberry}.] (Bot.) (a) A large tree ({Ficus Sycomorus}) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sycamore — [sik′ə môr΄] n. [ME sicomore < OFr sicamor < L sycomorus < Gr sykomoros, prob. altered (after sykon, fig + moron, black mulberry) < Heb shikma, mulberry] 1. a fig tree (Ficus sycamorus) native to Egypt and Asia Minor, with edible… …   English World dictionary

• sycamore — mid 14c., from O.Fr. sicamor, from L. sycomorus, from Gk. sykomoros, from sykon fig + moron mulberry. Or perhaps a folk etymology for Heb. shiqmah mulberry. A Biblical word, originally used for a species of fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) common in… …   Etymology dictionary

• sycamore — ► NOUN 1) a large maple native to central and southern Europe. 2) N. Amer. a plane tree. ORIGIN Greek sukomoros, from sukon fig + moron mulberry …   English terms dictionary

• fig — English has two words fig. Fig the fruit [13] comes via Old French figue, Provençal figua, and Vulgar Latin *fica from Latin ficus. This, together with its Greek relative súkon (source of English sycamore and sycophant), came from a pre Indo… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins