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LONDON PLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does London plane mean? 

LONDON PLANE (noun)
  The noun LONDON PLANE has 1 sense:

1. very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street treeplay

  Familiarity information: LONDON PLANE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LONDON PLANE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

London plane; Platanus acerifolia

Hypernyms ("London plane" is a kind of...):

plane tree; platan; sycamore (any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits)

Holonyms ("London plane" is a member of...):

genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)


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