sycamore tree

collocation in English

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sycamore
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪk.ə.mɔːr/us
/ˈsɪk.ə.mɔːr/
a tree with leaves divided into five parts and seeds that turn around slowly to the ground when ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofsycamoreandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is a large attractivesycamoretreewhich now clearly shows signs of damage.
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She ends up in a neat little red barn in the city zoo, under a shadysycamoretree.
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Sometimes she is depicted as holding a lotus, or, as asycamoretree.
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Thesycamoretreeis often divided near the ground into several secondary trunks, very free from branches.
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They took this to be an omen and proceeded to bury him in the spot where thesycamoretreehad been.
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Within a few hours, a 40-year-oldsycamoretreenear her house had fallen into the sinkhole.
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The pair stands in front of asycamoretree.
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Its school house was built under a hugesycamoretreeand served until 1889, when a new building took its place in the early 1900s.
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Incidentally the river demarks the northern most natural range of thesycamoretree.
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She bailed out but became tangled in the shrouds, nevertheless escaping with only an injured ankle by landing in asycamoretree.
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Over the years asycamoretreehas grown around and right through his headstone damaging it into pieces, leaving only the base which is now embedded into the tree.
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Spencer remained throughout 1778, spending the winter in a hollowed-outsycamoretreejust south of the mineral springs.
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He strips all the sycamore trees and other trees from the top when they are about 8 or 10 years old.
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The speciality of my properties is sycamore trees.
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Sycamore trees that grew in the silt were cleared to create a sunken garden planted with native flowers, ferns and snowdrops.
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There are also a large number of introduced beech and sycamore trees with a smaller number of non-native trees such as hornbeam and sweet chestnut.
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The vegetation includes mature sycamore trees, ferns, and moss.
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Sycamore trees and cactuses also grow on the site.
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Streets were paved with cobblestone with granite curbs, and were lined with sycamore trees.
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