sycamore

• I swatted it away without breaking stride Under the big sycamore, the ground was a graveyard of dead branches. —  Muller, Marcia - [McCone 08] Eye of the Storm UC FR.htm
• His axe would flash and bite into a sugar-tree or sycamore, and down it would come. —  The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
• But then she recognized it as a sycamore, and the last thing she wanted was to get more and more sick. —  Zombie Lover
• This leads me to believe that this partly accounts for their foraging at night Illustration: NEST OF BARRED OWL We now turned our attention to the tree--truly a monarch of the "forest primeval"--a huge sycamore, about five feet in diameter at the base, with few limbs to aid in climbing. —  Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State
• Around them the forest trees lay on every side, some being great oaks, others beeches, with drooping branches and smooth silvery bark--as well as other species, such as sycamore, ash and lindens Most of the scouts were bubbling over with enthusiasm concerning the outlook before them; but several of the less daring ones might be seen casting furtive glances about as though the prospect of passing the night amidst such lonely surroundings had already commenced to make them feel a little queer No doubt the pride of these fellows would carry them through the initial night; and after that by degrees they would become accustomed to their new experiences. —  The Boy Scouts of Lenox

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