platan meaning

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platan (noun): 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.

Definition of platan

  1. 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

    Synonyms: plane tree, sycamore

    Type of: tree

    Kinds: London plane, American sycamore, oriental plane, California sycamore, Arizona sycamore

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with PL · words ending in AN · 6-letter words

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