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platane

platane is the obsolete form of platan.

Meaning of platan

Noun

platan (plural platans)

  1. (archaic, literary) A planetree.
    • Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].1633, John Donne, The Autumnall

Forms of platane

pluralplatanes

Questions about platane

What is platane the obsolete form of?
Platane is the obsolete form of platan.

Words near platane in the dictionary

  1. Plataean
  2. Plataeans
  3. Platamon
  4. platan
  5. platanaceous
  6. platane
  7. platanes
  8. platanistid
  9. platanistids
  10. platanistoid
  11. platanistoids

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