Sycamore

sik'a-mor, a massive American forest tree. Also known as buttonwood, buttonball, and American plane-tree. The name sycamore is applied also to a British maple and a spreading Egyptian fig tree. There are several sycamores in North America, including those of the Pacific coast and Mexico. The sycamore of eastern North America is a magnificent tree, the tallest deciduous tree in our forests. It grows from 60 to 170 feet in height. The creamy, satiny bark of the branches when without leaves and the mass of wide leaves when in foliage render it a handsome tree in all seasons. Small, greenish flowers in close globular heads are followed by similar heads of fruit that hang all winter. Owing to his great height, and also in compliment to his bearing, the Honorable Daniel Voorhees of Indiana was called the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash."