Footnote 2 – The Search for Roots—Israel’s Biblical Landscape Reserve

“Sycomore” is not a misspelling of sycamore. The sycomore (Ficus sycomorus L.) is a totally distinct family and genus from both the American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis) and the English maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), both of which are commonly called sycamore. The New English Bible uses the correct spelling, sycomore.