maple

Speech parts

1. maple - Noun

2. Maple - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acer maple tree cedar elm linden magnolia redwood aspen cottonwood dogwood OAK pine ash birch beech
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Antonyms

hazel copper saddle mustard peanut almond
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Hypernyms

plant wood angiospermous tree flowering tree

Hyponyms

sycamore moosewood Norway maple Japanese maple silver maple field maple

Phrases with the word

Maple Heights maple-leaved maple bark stripper's disease Queensland maple maple MAGA Maple Creek

Anagrams

ample pelma Mapel Palme

Examples

When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her multitude Of golden chalices to humming-birds And silken-wing'd insects of the sky. William Cullen Bryant

The Maple puts her corals on in May, While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling, To be in tune with what the robins sing. James Russell Lowell

The maple tree that night Without a wind or rain Let go its leaves Because its time had come. Eugene McCarthy

No one, least of all those who have worn the maple leaf, should be without the care they need. Justin Trudeau

Leaf fans loyalty is unshakeable. The fans keep coming back and it hurts, I have been there. I have lost in game six to go to the finals with the Maple Leafs, against Carolina and what a great final that would have been. Curtis Joseph

They throw stones at the walnut trees, but not at the maple. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mapinastine mapinguari mapinguary maple anthracnose maple ash maple bar