Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sycamore

Sycamore , noun

[Latin sycomorus, Greek {not transcribed} the fig mulberry; {not transcribed} a fig + {not transcribed} the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: compare French sycomore. Compare Mulberry.]

(a)
(Botany) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b)
(Botany) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c)
(Botany) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).