red maple

red maple

n. An eastern North American maple (Acer rubrum) having reddish twigs and buds and brilliant red foliage in fall.

red′ ma′ple

n. a maple tree, Acer rubrum, of E North America, growing in moist soil and usu. having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn. [1760–70, Amer.]

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red maple - maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumnAcer rubrum, scarlet maple, swamp maplemaple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone