MAPLE

maple

(noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

maple

(noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Maple

A surname.

An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

A town in Wisconsin.

Anagrams

• Palme, ample, pelma

Etymology

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

Anagrams

• Palme, ample, pelma

Source: Wiktionary

Ma"ple, n. Etym: [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition