planer tree

[ pley-ner ]

noun

1. a small tree, Planera aquatica, of the elm family, growing in moist ground in the southern U.S., bearing a small, ovoid, nutlike fruit and yielding a compact light-brown wood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of planer tree¹

1800–10, Americanism; named after I. J. Planer, 18th-century German botanist

Example Sentences

This is a larger, more hardy, and finer tree than the American Planer-tree, and should be more extensively cultivated.

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The Caucasian Planer-tree (Planera parvifolia), with very small leaves, is also occasionally cultivated.

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It is closely associated with cypress, the planer tree, and other species which grow in deep swamps.

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