different between sycamore vs sequoia

English

Alternative forms

• sycomore

Etymology

Circa 1350, from Old French sicamor, from Latin s?comorus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (s?kómoros, literally “fig-mulberry”), from ????? (sûkon, “fig”) + ????? (móron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew ????????? (shikmá, “fig-mulberry”).

In the 16th c. applied to the European maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), in the early 19th c. to various plane tree species introduced to North America, perhaps in analogy to their shadiness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k?m??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?k?m??/
• Homophone: sycomore
• Hyphenation: syc?a?more

Noun

sycamore (countable and uncountable, plural sycamores)

1. (US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.

   Synonyms: planetree, plane

   Hyponym: buttonwood

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 408]:

     On his dark face were white sycamore patches.

2. (Britain) A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
3. (originally) A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria.

   Synonyms: sycomore, sycomore fig, fig-mulberry

Related terms

• sycophant

Translations

Further reading

• sycamore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sycamore in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sycamore at OneLook Dictionary Search
• sycamore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

English

Etymology

From translingual Sequoia (“genus”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??kw??.?/

Noun

sequoia (plural sequoias)

1. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
2. Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

Synonyms

• (Sequoiadendron giganteum): giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
• (Sequoia sempervirens): redwood (in California), coast redwood, California redwood

Derived terms

• metasequoia

Translations

References

• Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sequoia sempervirens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequoia sempervirens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sequoia sempervirens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoie)

1. sequoia (tree)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sequóia (superseded)

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoias)

1. (sequoia); redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)