1. maple - Noun
2. Maple - Proper noun
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 dictionaryWhen 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