sycamore
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sycamore/ˈsɪkəmɔː(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a large maple native to central and southern Europe. [Acer pseudoplatanus.]
- 2 N. Amer. a buttonwood tree.
- 3 (also sycomore) a Middle Eastern fig tree. [Ficus sycomorus.]
– origin ME: from OFr. sic(h)amor, via L. from Gk sukomoros, from sukon ‘fig’ + moron ‘mulberry’.
'sycamore' also found in these Oxford entries:
