What is "platan"

Platan \Plat"an\, n. [L. platanus. See Plane the tree.] The plane tree.
--Tennyson.

n. (context now rare literary English) A planetree.

n. any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits [syn: plane tree, sycamore]

Platan is a Czech regional beer label. It is produced by Městský Pivovar PLATAN s. r. o. in the South Bohemian town of Protivín. It is a regional beer with a little bit of a bitter taste. Platan got its name from an alley of plane trees, because "plane tree" is "platan" in Czech.