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planer tree definition

☆ pla·ner tree (plā′nər)

a small tree (Planera aquatica) of the elm family, with ovate leaves and a nutlike fruit, found in the SE U.S.

Etymology: after J. J. Planer, 18th-c. Ger botanist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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