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   sycamore

   /ˈsɪkəmɔː/

   noun

   • 1. a large Eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern Europe. It is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees.
   • 2. the buttonwood tree. North American
   • 3. (in biblical use) a fig tree that grows in the Middle East.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sic(h)amor, via Latin from Greek sukomoros, from sukon ‘fig’ + moron ‘mulberry’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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