oriental plane tree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A chinar; a tree of the species Platanus orientalis, native from Kashmir, through the Middle East to nearby Europe, now naturalized in much of Europe.
Example Sentences
- "The oriental plane tree has a most strange history. It is native to southeastern Europe and the Middle East; expanded into western Europe at about the same time that the grapevine, olive, chestnut and walnut were brought west by early farmers."