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  • n  any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
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  • 2 hurt in tree-limb collapse
    Two people were seriously hurt yesterday by a falling tree branch in Brooklyn, authorities said. The enormous limb tumbled about six stories from a London plane tree in the Ingersoll Housing Development in Fort Greene at about 3 p.m., and hit an elderly man and 17-year-old girl in the...
    June 21, 2013 - New York Post
  • Some question choice of tree for Arch grounds
    The National Park Service is replacing the ash trees with the plane tree. And while tree experts mostly agree that the plane tree is a decent choice, arborists generally believe a better idea would have been to choose a variety of species. Read more
    June 17, 2013 - Columbia Missourian
  • New Trees Outside Arch Have Problems
    London Plane Tree Replacing Ash Trees
    June 17, 2013 - KTTS 94.7

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