oriental plane treeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

oriental plane tree (plural oriental plane trees)

1. 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.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 278:

     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.

同意語

• oriental plane

参照

• “oriental plane tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Platanus orientalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platanus orientalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Platanus orientalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons