• (British) IPA: /ˈplat(ə)n/

platan (plural platans)

1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
   • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":

     Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].

   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748 ↗, (please specify ):

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     A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.