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Definition of Maple
1. Noun. Wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring.
2. Noun. Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.
Specialized synonyms: Acer Saccharinum, Silver Maple, Acer Saccharum, Rock Maple, Sugar Maple, Acer Rubrum, Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Swamp Maple, Acer Pennsylvanicum, Goosefoot Maple, Moose-wood, Moosewood, Striped Dogwood, Striped Maple, Acer Macrophyllum, Big-leaf Maple, Oregon Maple, Acer Glabrum, Dwarf Maple, Rocky-mountain Maple, Acer Spicatum, Mountain Alder, Mountain Maple, Acer Circinatum, Vine Maple, Acer Campestre, Field Maple, Hedge Maple, Acer Platanoides, Norway Maple, Acer Pseudoplatanus, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Sycamore, Acer Negundo, Ash-leaved Maple, Box Elder, Acer Argutum, Pointed-leaf Maple, Acer Japonicum, Full Moon Maple, Japanese Maple, Acer Palmatum, Japanese Maple
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Definition of Maple
1. n. 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.
Definition of Maple
1. Noun. A tree of the ''Acer'' genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. ¹
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Definition of Maple
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Maple
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