Sycamore

sycamore
    n 1: variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough
         elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: {sycamore},
         {lacewood}]
    2: 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 [syn: {plane tree}, {sycamore},
       {platan}]
    3: Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes
       like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes
       yellow in autumn [syn: {sycamore}, {great maple}, {scottish
       maple}, {Acer pseudoplatanus}]
    4: 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:
       {sycamore}, {sycamore fig}, {mulberry fig}, {Ficus
       sycomorus}]
    

Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; --
   so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form.
   See {Place}, and cf. {Platane}, {Plantain} the tree.] (Bot.)
   Any tree of the genus {Platanus}.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The Oriental plane ({Platanus orientalis}) is a native
         of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching
         stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long
         pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small
         close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and
         collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental
         plane ({Platanus occidentalis}), which grows to a great
         height, is a native of North America, where it is
         popularly called {sycamore}, {buttonwood}, and
         {buttonball}, names also applied to the California
         species ({Platanus racemosa}).
         [1913 Webster]
    

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 Syria, and is the sycamore,
       or sycamine, of Scripture.
   (b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
   (c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
       Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes {sycomore}.]
       [1913 Webster]
    

Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   The {Platanus occidentalis}, or American plane tree, a large
   tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; --
   called also {buttonball tree}, and, in some parts of the
   United States, {sycamore}. The California buttonwood is
   {Platanus racemosa}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Sycamore
more properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr.
sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the
fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence
it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). At Jericho,
Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by
(Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost (Ps.
78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the "vale" (1 Kings
10:27; 2 Chr. 1:15: in both passages the R.V. has properly
"lowland"), i.e., the "low country," the shephelah, where the
climate is mild. Amos (7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an
inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah (24:2). It is to
be distinguished from our sycamore (the Acer pseudo-platanus),
which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.
    

Sycamore, GA (city, FIPS 75104)
  Location: 31.67024 N, 83.63507 W
  Population (1990): 417 (198 housing units)
  Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 31790
Sycamore, IL (city, FIPS 74223)
  Location: 41.98170 N, 88.69577 W
  Population (1990): 9708 (3935 housing units)
  Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 60178
Sycamore, KY (city, FIPS 75190)
  Location: 38.24664 N, 85.56072 W
  Population (1990): 70 (34 housing units)
  Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sycamore, MO
  Zip code(s): 65758
Sycamore, OH (village, FIPS 75980)
  Location: 40.95101 N, 83.17090 W
  Population (1990): 919 (378 housing units)
  Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 44882, 45242, 45249
Sycamore, PA
  Zip code(s): 15364
Sycamore, SC (town, FIPS 70900)
  Location: 33.03650 N, 81.22264 W
  Population (1990): 208 (96 housing units)
  Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

Sycamore, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
   Population (2000):    496
   Housing Units (2000): 209
   Land area (2000):     0.997241 sq. miles (2.582841 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.002461 sq. miles (0.006374 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.999702 sq. miles (2.589215 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75104
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             31.670810 N, 83.633871 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     31790
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, GA
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    914
   Housing Units (2000): 401
   Land area (2000):     0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75980
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.950402 N, 83.170919 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     44882 45242 45249
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, OH
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    183
   Housing Units (2000): 59
   Land area (2000):     4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            71965
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             36.401443 N, 94.713463 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, OK
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    150
   Housing Units (2000): 79
   Land area (2000):     7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            71972
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             35.519520 N, 94.941129 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, OK
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
   Population (2000):    12020
   Housing Units (2000): 4925
   Land area (2000):     5.484594 sq. miles (14.205033 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.017968 sq. miles (0.046537 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    5.502562 sq. miles (14.251570 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            74223
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.983850 N, 88.694091 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     60178
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, IL
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
   Population (2000):    185
   Housing Units (2000): 93
   Land area (2000):     3.171566 sq. miles (8.214319 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.009319 sq. miles (0.024137 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.180885 sq. miles (8.238456 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            70900
   Located within:       South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
   Location:             33.038490 N, 81.222032 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, SC
    Sycamore
    

Sycamore, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
   Population (2000):    159
   Housing Units (2000): 90
   Land area (2000):     0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75190
   Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
   Location:             38.246973 N, 85.560664 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sycamore, KY
    Sycamore