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sycamore

Any of several Eurasian trees of the genus Platanus of the family Plantanaceae. Species include the oriental plane tree P. orientalis, a favorite of the Greeks and Romans; the American sycamore P. occidentalis of the eastern USA; and the Arizona sycamore P. wrightii.

All species have pendulous burlike fruits and some grow to 100 ft/30 m high.

Sycamore

City and administrative headquarters of De Kalb County, northern Illinois, 8 km/5 mi northeast of De Kalb, on the South Branch of the Kishwaukee River; population (1990) 9,700. Founded in the 1840s, it is a trade centre with metal and machine industries.
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The larva (grub) stage has a special liking for sugar, silver, Norway, boxelder and sycamore maples as well as elms, poplars, willows, birch, horse chestnuts and fruit trees.
Trees under attack by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Accepting the metre-long fujara from 82-year-old forester Jan Mikuska, who had carved it from sycamore maple especially for him, the Prince immediately set about learning to play it.
And on the pipes .. by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The campaign last year planted 1,800 sycamore maple, pine, and birch.
Leap of faith by Guglielmino, Janine E. / American Forests
 
 
 
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