plane-tree
(ˈpleɪntriː)
[f. plane n.1 + tree.]
a. A tree of the genus Platanus: = plane n.1 1.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 716/30 Nomina arborum..Hec plantacius, a plantre. 1483 Cath. Angl. 283/1 A Playn tree, platanus. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 95 b, I haue sene the leues of that Platanus that groweth in Italy, and two very yong trees in England which were called there Playn trees..It is doutles that these two trees were ether brought out of Italy, or of som farr countre beyound Italy. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxiv. 755 The Plane tree groweth in many places of Greece..it is vnknowen in this Countrie. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 306 The Plane tree..I remember, that I haue seene one at Basil. 1731–3 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Platanus, The Plane-Tree..hath an amentaceous Flower,..the Embryo's of the Fruit..are turgid, and do afterwards become large spherical Balls. 1856 Stanley Sinai & Pal. ii. (1858) 120 The plane-trees which once shaded the bare landscape of Attica. |
| attrib. 1786 Polwhele tr. Theocritus, etc. (1792) II. Notes 37 We will weave for thee a garland of lotus, and hang it on the plane-tree branches. |
b. Sc. and
north. Eng. = plane n.1 2.
| 1778 Lightfoot Flora Scot. 639 Acer pseudo-platanus. The great Maple, or Bastard Sycomore. The Plane-Tree, Scottis. 1866 Treas. Bot. 900 Plane-tree, Mock, or Scotch, Acer Pseudo-Platanus. 1902 Buchan Watcher by Threshold 157 Some large plane-trees grew near the house. |