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Definition of Silver maple
1. Noun. A common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Maple
Literary usage of Silver maple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by State Entomologist of Indiana (1914)
"The maple borer seems to be able to find this injured bark and there it deposits
its eggs. The silver MAPLE ... INJURY TO TRUNK OF YOUNG silver maple. ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"silver maple, Soft Maple (local White Maple (Me., Vt., RI, and common names).
NY, NJ, Pa., W. Va., Swamp Maple (W. Va., McL). NC, S. C, Ga., Fla., ..."
3. Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of (1859)
"SECTION T.—1, sugar Maple ; 2, silver Maple ; 3, European horse Chestnut; 4, ...
SECTION W.—1 and 2, silver maple ; the row of trees on the north line, ..."
4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The silver maple is a tree to count upon, if one is in search of a suitable ...
Red maple limbs are small and rarely droop; those of the silver maple curve ..."
5. The Important Timber Trees of the United States: A Manual of Practical by Simon Bolivar Elliott (1912)
"Its red twigs, red blossoms, and early red autumn leaves make it quite distinct
from the silver maple, although in some localities its general appearance is ..."
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