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1. maple
noun. ['ˈmeɪpəl'] wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring.
Synonyms
Etymology
- mapultreow (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Maple
- staple
- yaple
- papal
- caple
- capel
Sentences with maple
1. Adjective
Apply a tree seedling herbicide if the above steps fail to remove the maple seedlings from the lawn.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Examine the ground once every two to three weeks for signs of new maple trees seedlings that have sprouted.
Quotes about maple
1. A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground; its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest of things is yet so like the gayest and most vital of creatures?
- Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
2. maple-leaved_bayur
noun. Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
5. maple-leaf_begonia
noun. tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers.
Synonyms
6. maple
noun. ['ˈmeɪpəl'] any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.
Synonyms
- dwarf maple
- moose-wood
- pointed-leaf maple
- Acer saccharinum
- hedge maple
- angiospermous tree
- red maple
- Acer palmatum
- Acer circinatum
- Acer argutum
- Acer negundo
- goosefoot maple
- Acer spicatum
- rock maple
- scarlet maple
- Norway maple
- scottish maple
- Acer pseudoplatanus
- box elder
- Acer pennsylvanicum
- Acer platanoides
- Acer
- silver maple
- Acer japonicum
- flowering tree
- vine maple
- Japanese maple
- mountain alder
- field maple
- sugar maple
- Acer macrophyllum
- moosewood
- genus Acer
- sycamore
- Acer rubrum
- Acer campestre
- Acer glabrum
- Rocky-mountain maple
- Acer saccharum
- great maple
- striped dogwood
- swamp maple
- mountain maple
- striped maple
- Oregon maple
- ash-leaved maple
- full moon maple
Etymology
- mapultreow (Old English (ca. 450-1100))