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Maple Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Maple? [n] any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone [n] wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used esp for furniture and flooring Synonyms \| Synonyms for Maple: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Maple: See Also \| Acer \| Acer argutum \| Acer campestre \| Acer circinatum \| Acer glabrum \| Acer japonicum \| Acer macrophyllum \| Acer negundo \| Acer palmatum \| Acer pennsylvanicum \| Acer platanoides \| Acer pseudoplatanus \| Acer rubrum \| Acer saccharinum \| Acer saccharum \| Acer spicatum \| angiospermous tree \| ash-leaved maple \| big-leaf maple \| bird's-eye maple \| box elder \| dwarf maple \| field maple \| flowering tree \| full moon maple \| genus Acer \| goosefoot maple \| great maple \| hedge maple \| Japanese maple \| maple \| moosewood \| mountain alder \| mountain maple \| Norway maple \| Oregon maple \| pointed-leaf maple \| red maple \| rock maple \| Rocky-mountain maple \| scarlet maple \| scottish maple \| silver maple \| striped dogwood \| striped maple \| sugar maple \| swamp maple \| sycamore \| vine maple \| wood Maple In Webster's Dictionary \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A. rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A. campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}. Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc. {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, or {Maple sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.

Maple Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maple?

[n] any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
[n] wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used esp for furniture and flooring

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Maple In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
{A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.

Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
      a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.

{Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
   the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
   produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.

{Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, or {Maple sirup}, maple sap
   boiled to the consistency of molasses.

{Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
   by evaporation.

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