SYCAMORES

Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).

A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.

A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.