Definition of Acer pseudoplatanus

1. Noun. Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn.

Exact synonyms: Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Sycamore
Generic synonyms: Maple

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acer Pseudoplatanus

Aceh
Acehnese
Acela
Acer
Acer argutum
Acer campestre
Acer circinatum
Acer glabrum
Acer japonicum
Acer macrophyllum
Acer negundo
Acer negundo Californicum
Acer palmatum
Acer pennsylvanicum
Acer platanoides
Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum
Acer spicatum
Aceraceae
Aces
Acetobacter
Achab
Achaea
Achaean
Achaeans
Achaemenes
Achaemenian
Achaemenians

Literary usage of Acer pseudoplatanus

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

1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1817)
"Note respecting the Sugar of the acer pseudoplatanus. ... the bark of a great maple tree, the acer pseudoplatanus of Linnaeus, in Scotland called the plane. ..."

2. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"... in the county of Stirling, on March " and 8, 1816, incisions were made through the bark of a great maple tree, the acer pseudoplatanus of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"For experiments with acer pseudoplatanus, L. in solutions with varying amounts of glycerin, I found that no starch was formed when the solution was stronger ..."

4. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"Wood light, yellowish white; medullary rays very strongly lustrous (in Acer Pseudoplatanus medullary rays distinct) Acer Wood wine-red to red brown ..."

5. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Textbook of Mycology by George Massee (1895)
"On living leaves of Acer campestre and acer pseudoplatanus ; also on other species of Acer in other countries. The spermatia are formed during the autumn, ..."

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