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platan

/ ˈplætən /

noun

  1. another name for plane tree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of platan1

C14: from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; see plane tree
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Example Sentences

I was not carried away, instructed, delighted more than by other works, but I was there, living there, whether as the platan tree, or the architect, or any other observing part of the scene.

Till I espied thee, fair indeed and tall, Under a platan; yet methought less fair, Less winning soft, less amiably mild, Than that smooth watery image.

See Book iii. before his waking up in Venice, the lines beginning "Rather say My transcendental platan!"

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