sycamores

Large mottled-bark trees

Sycamores is the plural of sycamore, a large deciduous tree with distinctive mottled bark that peels away in patches, revealing pale wood beneath.

In North America, sycamore refers to the American plane tree; in Britain, it's a maple species.

The biblical sycamore is yet another tree entirely—a fig native to the Middle East.

The sycamores along the riverbank provided welcome shade.

botany

deciduous

Sheds foliage seasonally

shade · trunk · branches · roots · leaves · seeds · samaras · lobed · crown · timber

american

buttonwood

North American plane tree

California · exfoliating · camouflage · creek · riverbank · floodplain · bottomland · hollow · wildlife · colonial

landscape

parkland

Land designated as park

garden · boundary · hedgerow · windbreak · ornamental · stately · majestic · towering · spreading · dappled

literary

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

countryside · English · nostalgia · rural · idyllic · grove · meadow · poetry · imagery · symbolism

biblical

Zacchaeus

Vertically challenged tax collector

  • JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
  • JesusChristian faith's divine son
  • GospelChristian salvation teaching

Luke · climbed · scripture · Palestine · Israel · Egyptian · ficus · ancient · sacred · parable

Categories
Opposites
leaf retention

sycamoresevergreens

Trees keeping leaves year-round

pines · spruces · firs · cedars · hemlocks

tree size

sycamoresshrubs

Low woody plants

bonsai · bushes · saplings · hedges · vines

Phrases
Family

sycamore

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G