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LONDON PLANE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree
Synonyms:
London plane; Platanus acerifolia
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Hypernyms ("London plane" 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 ("London plane" is a member of...):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)