Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning .

Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:

• Acer pseudoplatanus, a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia, known as the sycamore in British English and sycamore maple in North American English

• Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa

• Platanus orientalis, chinar tree (Old World sycamore)

Some North American members of the genus Platanus, including

• Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore

• Platanus racemosa, the California sycamore or western sycamore

• Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore

• Platanus mexicana, the Mexican sycamore

In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore":

• Litsea reticulata or Cryptocarya glaucescens (silver sycamore)

• Polyscias elegans (white sycamore)

• Cryptocarya obovata (white sycamore)

• Ceratopetalum succirubrum (satin sycamore)

• Cardwellia sublimis (bower sycamore )

• Cryptocarya hypospodia (bastard sycamore)

• Ceratopetalum virchowii (pink sycamore)

• Ceratopetalum corymbosum (mountain sycamore)

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