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Definition of Acer platanoides
1. Noun. A large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acer Platanoides
Literary usage of Acer platanoides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1881)
"Acer platanoides purpureum is a distinct variety of the Norway maple—as striking
... Mr. Sargent said that he had been much disappointed in Acer platanoides ..."
2. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization by C. Raveret-Wattel (1904)
"Referring to the Morain,— Magnolia hypoleuca, Gleditsia triacanthos, Ulmus
campestris, Acer platanoides, have been introduced with more or less success. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"Perhaps it will be said that the plane-tree, which has leaves so like a maple
that one species of the latter genus is named after it (Acer platanoides), ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"Or let ns in the same way transpose those of the Spanish chestnut ( Castanea)
and those of Acer platanoides, a species of maple. I have taken specimens in ..."
5. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1879)
"Acer platanoides purpureum is a distinct variety of the Norway maple—as striking
... Mr. Sargent said that he had been much disappointed in Acer platanoides ..."
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