Maple
['meɪp(ə)l] or ['mepl]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.
(noun.) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. a tree of several species from one of which the rock-maple sugar is made.—adj. of or pertaining to maple.
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Examples
- This is finished similar to the maple strips. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To make imitation maple syrup simply boil the syrup until it is reduced back to sugar again, and when it is made properly the flavor and appearance of the genuine article is obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She could really almost fancy herself at Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Ayelike Maple Grove, I dare say. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Jane will be only four miles from Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I saw a vast deal of that in the neighbourhood round Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was the weather to call out May's radiance, and she burned like a young maple in the frost. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Very like Maple Grove indeed! Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is an astonishing fact that nine-tenths of the so-called maple sugar and maple syrup sold as the genuine articles are nothing more than clever imitations. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The approach end of the bed, approximately eighteen feet long, is constructed of maple, with each alternate strip of the 3 x 1-inch bed stock about eighteen inches shorter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That room was the very shape and size of the morning-room at Maple Grove; her sister's favourite room. Jane Austen. Emma.
- On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her Bath habits made evening-parties perfectly natural to her, and Maple Grove had given her a taste for dinners. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They were never tolerated at Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the best hard-wood section of the United States, one of the large bowling equipment manufacturers owns about thirty thousand acres of maple. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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