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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mapel, from Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Norse mǫpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz (“knob; maple-tree”) (compare Old English mæsen (“maple”), Old Norse mǫsurr (“maple”), German Maser (“knob, offshoot”)) and *aplaz (“apple”) (see apple), from *masą (“lump, knob”) (compare obsolete German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”).[1][2] More at measles.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]- Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
- ashleaf maple (Acer negundo)
- big-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- bird's-eye maple
- black maple (Acer nigrum)
- box elder maple (Acer negundo)
- broad-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- bush maple
- Canadian maple (Acer saccharum)
- Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum)
- chalk maple (Acer leucoderme)
- dwarf maple (Acer glabrum)
- English maple (Acer campestre)
- field maple (Acer campestre)
- Florida maple (Acer floridianum)
- flowering maple (Abutilon spp.)
- ground maple (Heuchera spp.)
- hard maple (Acer saccharum)
- hedge maple (Acer campestre)
- Indian maple (Acer caesium)
- Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Japanese maple tree
- Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)
- maple ash (Acer negundo)
- maple bark disease
- maple bark stripper's disease
- Maple Creek
- Maple Cross
- mapled
- maple fever
- maple ham
- Maple Heights
- maple honey
- maple key
- maple-leaf
- maple leaf
- maple-leaved
- maplelike
- maple molasses
- Maple Ridge
- maple-sugar
- maple sugar
- maple syrup
- mapletini
- maple tree
- Montpelier maple
- Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum)
- moose maple (Acer pensylvanicum, Acer spicatum)
- mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- Pacific maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- paperbark maple (Acer griseum)
- pointed-leaf maple (Acer argutum)
- Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleana)
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- river maple (Acer saccharinum)
- rock maple (Acer saccharum)
- Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)
- scarlet maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- snakebark maple
- soft maple (Acer rubrum)
- striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
- sugar-maple
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- swamp maple (Acer saccharinum)
- sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- sycamore maple tree
- tiger maple
- vine maple (Acer circinatum)
- white maple
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]tree of the Acer genus
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References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]maple
- Alternative form of mapel
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]maple m (plural maples)
Further reading
[edit]- “maple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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