PLATAN

Etymology

Noun

platan (plural platans)

(now rare, literary) A planetree.

Anagrams

• Patlan, planta

Source: Wiktionary


Plat"an, n. Etym: [L. platanus. See Plane the tree.] [Written also platane.]

Definition: The plane tree. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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