Definitions for: Maple


[n] any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
[n] wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used esp for furniture and flooring



Webster (1913) Definition: Ma"ple, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
(Bot.)
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.

Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.

Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.

Maple honey, Maple molasses, or Maple sirup, maple sap
boiled to the consistency of molasses.

Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.

See Also: Acer, Acer argutum, Acer campestre, Acer circinatum, Acer glabrum, Acer japonicum, Acer macrophyllum, Acer negundo, Acer palmatum, Acer pennsylvanicum, Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer saccharum, Acer spicatum, angiospermous tree, ash-leaved maple, big-leaf maple, bird's-eye maple, box elder, dwarf maple, field maple, flowering tree, full moon maple, genus Acer, goosefoot maple, great maple, hedge maple, Japanese maple, maple, moosewood, mountain alder, mountain maple, Norway maple, Oregon maple, pointed-leaf maple, red maple, rock maple, Rocky-mountain maple, scarlet maple, scottish maple, silver maple, striped dogwood, striped maple, sugar maple, swamp maple, sycamore, vine maple, wood

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