platanus

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    a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere.

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    Platanus or Platanous was a town on the coast of Cilicia Aspera, west of Anemurium.

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    In Greek mythology, Platanus is the daughter of the Thessalian king Aloeus and the sister of the Aloadae giants, who attacked the gods.