单词 | maple |
释义 | maple (once / 939 pages) n WORD FAMILY maple: maple-like, maplelike, maples USAGE EXAMPLESHe likens it to maple syrup, where you tap a maple tree and collect sap. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Also on the bill is the lighter side of Graham, with her upbeat last work, “Maple Leaf Rag,” plus two Center for the Arts premieres. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) The maple floorboards were bubbled, and my twelve-year-old stride activated a creak. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) 1n any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone Hypo|Hyper Acer saccharinum, silver maple a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood Acer saccharum, rock maple, sugar maplemaple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies Acer rubrum, red maple, scarlet maple, swamp maplemaple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn Acer pennsylvanicum, goosefoot maple, moose-wood, moosewood, striped dogwood, striped maplemaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn Acer macrophyllum, Oregon maple, big-leaf maplemaple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn Acer glabrum, Rocky-mountain maple, dwarf maplesmall maple of northwestern North America Acer spicatum, mountain alder, mountain maplesmall shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn Acer circinatum, vine maplesmall maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets Acer campestre, field maple, hedge mapleshrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge Acer platanoides, Norway maplea large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple, sycamoreEurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn Acer negundo, ash-leaved maple, box eldercommon shade tree of eastern and central United States Acer argutum, pointed-leaf maplesmall shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having 5 to 7 acuminate lobes; yellow in autumn Acer japonicum, Japanese maple, full moon mapleleaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan Acer palmatum, Japanese mapleornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties Acer negundo Californicum, California box eldermaple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature angiospermous tree, flowering tree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary 2n wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring Hypo|Hyper bird's-eye maple maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings wood the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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