1. A species of fig-tree, Ficus Sycomorus, common in Egypt, Syria, and other countries, and having leaves somewhat resembling those of the mulberry: "In the experimental arboretum at the university, they were growing sycomore and other kinds of fig trees."
2. Etymology: from Middle English, from Old French sic(h) amor, from Latin and from Greek sukomoros; from, sukon, "fig" + moron, "mulberry".