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norway maple
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Norway maple
(gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), 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.
Acer 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 maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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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, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
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norway maple
(wn) | Norway maple
n 1: a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America;
five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many
varieties [syn: Norway maple, Acer platanoides] |
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Norway maple
(gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), 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.
Acer 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 maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
[1913 Webster]
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, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
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