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Sycamore, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia Population (2000): 496 Housing Units (2000): 209 Land area (2000): 0.997241 sq. miles (2.582841 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.002461 sq. miles (0.006374 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.999702 sq. miles (2.589215 sq. km) FIPS code: 75104 Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 31.670810 N, 83.633871 W ZIP Codes (1990): 31790 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, GA Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 914 Housing Units (2000): 401 Land area (2000): 0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km) FIPS code: 75980 Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39 Location: 40.950402 N, 83.170919 W ZIP Codes (1990): 44882 45242 45249 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, OH Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma Population (2000): 183 Housing Units (2000): 59 Land area (2000): 4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km) FIPS code: 71965 Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 36.401443 N, 94.713463 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, OK Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma Population (2000): 150 Housing Units (2000): 79 Land area (2000): 7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km) FIPS code: 71972 Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 35.519520 N, 94.941129 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, OK Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois Population (2000): 12020 Housing Units (2000): 4925 Land area (2000): 5.484594 sq. miles (14.205033 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.017968 sq. miles (0.046537 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.502562 sq. miles (14.251570 sq. km) FIPS code: 74223 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.983850 N, 88.694091 W ZIP Codes (1990): 60178 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, IL Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 185 Housing Units (2000): 93 Land area (2000): 3.171566 sq. miles (8.214319 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.009319 sq. miles (0.024137 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.180885 sq. miles (8.238456 sq. km) FIPS code: 70900 Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45 Location: 33.038490 N, 81.222032 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, SC Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Sycamore, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 159 Housing Units (2000): 90 Land area (2000): 0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km) FIPS code: 75190 Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21 Location: 38.246973 N, 85.560664 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sycamore, KY Sycamore Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. [1913 Webster] Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species (Platanus racemosa). [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sycamore \Syc"amore\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry; ? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.) (a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. (b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood. (c) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). [Written sometimes sycomore.] [1913 Webster] Source*: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Buttonwood \But"tonwood`\, n. (Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is Platanus racemosa. [1913 Webster] Source*: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sycamore noun 1: variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: lacewood] 2: 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 [syn: plane tree, platan] 3: Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn [syn: great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus] 4: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore [syn: sycamore fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus] Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. Note: The Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane (Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species (Platanus racemosa). Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sycamore \Syc"amore\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry; ? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.) (a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. (b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood. (c) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). [Written sometimes sycomore.] Source*: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Buttonwood \But"tonwood`\, n. (Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa. Source*: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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