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'''Sycamore''' is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.  The name derives from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|σῡκόμορος}} ({{translit|grc|sykómoros}}) meaning {{gloss|fig-mulberry}}.

Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:
* ''[[Acer pseudoplatanus]]'', a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
* ''[[Ficus sycomorus]]'', the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
* ''[[Platanus orientalis]]'', chinar tree (Old World sycamore)

* Some North American members of the genus ''[[Platanus]]'', including
** ''[[Platanus occidentalis]]'', the American sycamore
** ''[[Platanus racemosa]]'', the California sycamore or western sycamore
** ''[[Platanus wrightii]]'', the Arizona sycamore
** ''[[Platanus mexicana]],'' the Mexican sycamore
* In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore":
** ''[[Litsea reticulata]]'' or ''[[Cryptocarya glaucescens]]'' (silver sycamore)
** ''[[Polyscias elegans]]'' (white sycamore)  
** ''[[Cryptocarya obovata]]'' (white sycamore)
** ''[[Ceratopetalum succirubrum]]'' (satin sycamore)
** ''[[Cardwellia sublimia]]''
** ''[[Cryptocarya hypospodia]]'' (bastard sycamore)
** ''[[Ceratopetalum virchowii]]'' (pink sycamore)
** ''[[Ceratopetalum corymbosum]]'' (mountain sycamore)<ref name="RFK8">{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/ceratopetalum_corymbosum.htm |title=Ceratopetalum corymbosum |author=F.A. Zich |author2=B.P.M Hyland |author3=T. Whiffen |author4=R.A. Kerrigan |website=[[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants]], Edition 8 |year=2020 |publisher=[[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] (CSIRO) |access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Polyscias.html|title=M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Polyscias names}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/satin-sycamore|title=Satin sycamore, also known as Ceratopetalum succirubrum - Species|author=Chris Coughran|access-date=2015-07-09|archive-date=2015-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710150439/http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/satin-sycamore|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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