maple
IPA: mˈeɪpʌɫ
noun
- A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
- The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- An urban community in Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.
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Examples of "maple" in Sentences
- They were the seeds of the maple tree.
- The pancake is dipped into the maple syrup.
- The most common tree found is the Maple and Spruce.
- The Maple Leaf is unfurled gloriously in the background.
- Examples include grasses, birch trees, ragweed and maples.
- Archtop guitars often have Curly Maple or Quilted Maple backs.
- The tree has taken on characteristics of the weed and the maple.
- _sugar maple borer_ and the _maple phenacoccus_, a sucking insect.
- The interior is furnished with maple floors and beaded wood wainscot.
- Other common names: The red maple is sometimes known as _swamp maple_.
- The name may refer to the abundance of bigleaf maple trees in the area.
- Other common names: The sugar maple is sometimes called _rock maple_ or
- The Maple Leaf Flag on the casket was partially obscured by the Red Ensign.
- Other common names: The silver maple is sometimes known as _soft maple_ or _white maple_.
- Syrup should be the consistency of thin maple syrup (it will thicken a bit more once it has cooled).
- _Rocky Sugar, Hard maple, Sugar tree_ 144-146 saccharinum, var. nigrum, T. and G. _Black maple_ 146, 147
- Quebec forbids the use of the word "maple," or of maple-leaf shapes or pictures, on any bottle that does not contain 100-per-cent pure maple syrup.
- Not only because I am from Canada and the maple is our national emblem, but also because maple trees are to be found in every country that had POWs on Taiwan – including Taiwan itself!
- The Manitoba maple is a very shallow-rooted maple, so if it grows to full height a good stiff wind can blow it over; as a result, if you find one growing in your hard, you want to yank it before it gets too big!
- Comparisons: The Norway maple is apt to be confused with the _sycamore maple_ (_Acer pseudoplatanus_), but differs from the latter in having a reddish bud instead of a green bud, and a close bark instead of a scaly bark.