platanaceae | (n) coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees, Syn. family Platanaceae, plane-tree family |
platanistidae | (n) river dolphins, Syn. family Platanistidae |
platanthera | (n) herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres, Syn. genus Platanthera |
platanus | (n) genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore, Syn. genus Platanus |
american sycamore | (n) very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico, Syn. American plane, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis |
arizona sycamore | (n) medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5, Syn. Platanus wrightii |
california sycamore | (n) tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers, Syn. Platanus racemosa |
greater butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha |
lesser butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria bifolia, Platanthera bifolia |
london plane | (n) very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree, Syn. Platanus acerifolia |
norway maple | (n) a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties, Syn. Acer platanoides |
oriental plane | (n) large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor, Syn. Platanus orientalis |
plane tree | (n) 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. sycamore, platan |
prairie white-fringed orchid | (n) of central North America; a threatened species, Syn. Platanthera leucophea |
sycamore | (n) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn, Syn. Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple |