sycamore

     

Sycamore is a name which is applie at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.

Trivia about sycamore

  • The American species of this massive shade tree is also called a buttonwood
  • Its name is in part from the Greek syko, "fig"; the Near East tree, not the American one, is related to the fig
  • This tree is also called a buttonwood & a buttonball
  • The birds in a song "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" sing in one of these trees, but would our bird? Quoth the raven...