a North American maple tree, Acer saccharinum, having five-lobed leaves that are green above and silvery-white beneath
silver maple in American English
noun
1.
a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath
2.
the hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used for making furniture
Word origin
[1755–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1755–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baroque, buckeye, keynote, lame duck, mitt
Examples of 'silver maple' in a sentence
silver maple
Therefore, seedlings of silver maple should be considered as moderately susceptible to salinity.
Jacek Patykowski, Jeremi Kołodziejek, Mateusz Wala 2018, 'Biochemical and growth responses of silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) to sodium chlorideand calcium chloride', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/5958.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)