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Definition of Japanese maple

1. Noun. Ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties.

2. Noun. Leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan.

Definition of Japanese maple

1. Noun. A species of maple, ''Acer palmatum'', with great natural variety of appearance, often with reddish leaves for most of the year and multiple trunks, widely grown as an ornamental. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Maple

Japanese honeysuckle Japanese hop Japanese horseradish Japanese iris Japanese ivy Japanese knotweed Japanese lacquer tree Japanese lantern Japanese lanterns Japanese leaf

Japanese leek Japanese lilac Japanese lime Japanese linden Japanese maple (current term) Japanese medlar Japanese millet Japanese monetary unit Japanese morning glory Japanese oak

Japanese oyster Japanese pagoda tree Japanese persimmon Japanese pink Japanese plum Japanese poinsettia Japanese privet Japanese quince Japanese radish

Literary usage of Japanese maple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Japanese maple. Then there are the leaves of the purple birch, not only noteworthy for their deep purple tints, but also especially effective in combination ..."

2. Ornamental Gardening for Americans: A Treatise on Beautifying Homes, Rural by Elias A. Long (1899)
"... which the following five are perhaps the best of the many Japanese maples thus far introduced :—The Blood-red- leaved Japanese maple (var. sanguineum), ..."

3. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... The Siberian Lily 270 Lippia The Lippia 234 Magnolia Japanese Magnolia 273 Maple Japanese maple in Mr. I tin-bank's Yard 213 Leaves of a Japanese maple ..."

4. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"Japanese maple. Л handsome shrub or small tree of dense and graceful habit. Native of Japan. Leaves 5- to q-lobed or divided, the edges incised. ..."

5. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Japanese maple. Then there are the leaves of the purple birch, not only noteworthy for their deep purple tints, but also especially effective in combination ..."

6. Ornamental Gardening for Americans: A Treatise on Beautifying Homes, Rural by Elias A. Long (1899)
"... which the following five are perhaps the best of the many Japanese maples thus far introduced :—The Blood-red- leaved Japanese maple (var. sanguineum), ..."

7. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... The Siberian Lily 270 Lippia The Lippia 234 Magnolia Japanese Magnolia 273 Maple Japanese maple in Mr. I tin-bank's Yard 213 Leaves of a Japanese maple ..."

8. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"Japanese maple. Л handsome shrub or small tree of dense and graceful habit. Native of Japan. Leaves 5- to q-lobed or divided, the edges incised. ..."

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