Definition of Scarlet maple

1. Noun. Maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn.

Exact synonyms: Acer Rubrum, Red Maple, Swamp Maple
Generic synonyms: Maple

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarlet Maple

scarlet bugler
scarlet bush
scarlet clematis
scarlet cup
scarlet fever
scarlet fever antitoxin
scarlet fevers
scarlet fritillary
scarlet hamelia
scarlet haw
scarlet letter
scarlet letters
scarlet lychnis
scarlet maple (current term)
scarlet musk flower
scarlet oak
scarlet pimpernel
scarlet plume
scarlet red
scarlet red sulfonate
scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
scarlet strawberry
scarlet sumac
scarlet tanager
scarlet wisteria tree
scarlet woman
scarlet women

Literary usage of Scarlet maple

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

1. A Plea for Hardy Plants: With Suggestions for Effective Arrangement by James Wilkinson Elliott (1902)
"scarlet maple. 26. Group of Japanese crab apples. 27. ... Tulip tree, Magnolia macrophylla and scarlet maple. 29. Group of deciduous trees. 30. ..."

2. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"Is it ignorance or the want of seeing eyes that causes its lack of employment on the lawn \ It is true, the scarlet maple is slower-growing than the sugar ..."

3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Is it ignorance or the want of seeing eyes that causes its lack of employment on the lawn \ It is true, the scarlet maple is slower-growing than the sugar ..."

4. Tree-planting for Ornamentation Or Profit, Suitable to Every Soil & Situation by Arthur Roland (1892)
"... Norway Maple—The Striped-barked Maple—The Red or scarlet maple— The Walnut Tree—Royal or Common Walnut—The Black Walnut of America—The Gray Walnut. ..."

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