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.

Specialized synonyms: Bird's-eye Maple
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maple

1. a hardwood tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Maple

1. 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. 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 fibres. 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. Origin: AS. Mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. Mopurr; cf. OHG. Mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. Massholder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maple

map room
mapantsula
mapantsulas
mapatumumab
mapau
mapaus
mapepire
mapepires
maphack
maphacks
mapiko
mapimite
mapinguari
mapinguaris
mapinguary
maple (current term)
maple-leaf
maple-leaf begonia
maple-leaved bayur
maple-like
maple-sugar
maple-syrup
maple bark disease
maple family
maple leaves
maple sugar
maple syrup
maple syrup urine
maple syrup urine disease
maple syrups

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