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Definition of Maple-leaf
1. Noun. The emblem of Canada.
Definition of Maple-leaf
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of maple leaf) ¹
2. Noun. (form of attributive form maple leaf); used in the name of various plants the leaves of which resemble those of the maple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maple-leaf
Literary usage of Maple-leaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... And, where the maple's leaf was brown, With soft and silent lapse came down
The glory that the wood receives, At sunset, in its golden leaves. ..."
2. My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer (1915)
"XXV THE MAPLE LEAF FOLK Canadians at the front — Home folks to the American ...
You might know all by their maple leaf symbol; but even before you saw that, ..."
3. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"The first day thus ended with a leg on the series for America, but nothing had
been learned regarding the actual speed of Maple Leaf The second race was to ..."
4. Lord Northcliffe's War Book: With Chapters on America at War by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1917)
"... MAPLE LEAF Headquarters, Canadian Army, France. A BRILLIANT late summer Canadian
morning in Winnipeg—Labour Day, when hour after hour a procession of ..."
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