oriental plane tree

English

Noun

oriental plane tree (plural oriental plane trees)

  1. A tree of the species Platanus orientalis.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 278:
      The oriental plane tree has a most strange history. It is native to southeastern Europe and the Middle East; expanded into western Europe at about the same time that the grapevine, olive, chestnut and walnut were brought west by early farmers.

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