Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oriental plane tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: ori-en-tal -plane tree
IPA

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."

Inflected Forms

oriental plane trees (plural)

Synonyms

oriental plane

Questions

What does oriental plane tree mean?: 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.

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