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