About The Word Maple
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Maple
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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.
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