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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Bot.) A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

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  • noun A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Johann Jacob Planer, (1743–1789), German botanist.]

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Named after J. S. Planer, a German botanist.

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