maple : Idioms & Phrases

• noun common shade tree of eastern and central United States
  Acer negundo; box elder.
  

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• noun maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn
  Acer macrophyllum; big-leaf maple.
  

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• noun maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings
  

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Bird's"-eye` ma"ple

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1. See under Maple.

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• varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.

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• noun small maple of northwestern North America
  dwarf maple; Acer glabrum.
  

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• noun shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
  Acer campestre; field maple.
  

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• noun an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves
  

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• noun leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan
  full moon maple; Acer japonicum.
  

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• noun maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
  Acer pennsylvanicum; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; goosefoot maple.
  

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• noun Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
  great maple; sycamore; Acer pseudoplatanus.
  

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• noun shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
  Acer campestre; field maple.
  

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• noun ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties
  Acer palmatum.
  
• noun leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan
  full moon maple; Acer japonicum.
  

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• noun a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
  family Aceraceae; Aceraceae.
  

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• maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.

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• noun sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree
  

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• sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.

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• noun made by concentrating sap from sugar maples
  

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• noun an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
  branched chain ketoaciduria.
  

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• noun the emblem of Canada
  

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• noun tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers
  Begonia dregei; grape-leaf begonia.
  

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• noun Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree
  Pterospermum acerifolium; mayeng.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling maple
  maplelike.
  
  • maplelike leaves

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• noun small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
  mountain alder; Acer spicatum.
  

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• noun a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties
  Acer platanoides.
  

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• noun maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn
  Acer macrophyllum; big-leaf maple.
  

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• noun small shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having 5 to 7 acuminate lobes; yellow in autumn
  Acer argutum.
  

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• noun maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
  Acer rubrum; scarlet maple; red maple.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple.

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• noun maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
  Acer saccharum; rock maple.
  

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• noun small maple of northwestern North America
  dwarf maple; Acer glabrum.
  

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• noun maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
  Acer rubrum; scarlet maple; red maple.
  

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• (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.

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• noun Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
  great maple; sycamore; Acer pseudoplatanus.
  

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• 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
  Acer saccharinum.
  

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• noun maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
  Acer pennsylvanicum; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; goosefoot maple.
  

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• (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood.

Webster 1913

• noun maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
  Acer saccharum; rock maple.
  

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• (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum). See Maple.

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• noun maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
  Acer rubrum; scarlet maple; red maple.
  

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• (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.

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• noun small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets
  Acer circinatum.
  

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