maple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈmeɪpɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈmæɪpəl/
ipa: [ˈmæɪpɫ̩]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmeːpil/
rhymes: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: maples
Etymology: From Middle English mapel, from Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-West Germanic *mapul, 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”). More at measles.
Senses: examples: text: They have a large maple in their yard.
glosses: A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
examples: text: This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.
glosses: The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance.
examples: text: A: Mmm, this one is strawberry! What flavor is yours? B: This one is maple! I wonder if any of them will turn out to be pineapple!
glosses: The flavor of such a tree's sap, or an imitation of that flavor.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Acer ginnala
word: Amur maple
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: ashleaf maple
word: bigleaf maple
taxonomic: Acer macrophyllum
word: big-leaf maple
word: bird's-eye maple
taxonomic: Acer nigrum
word: black maple
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: box elder maple
taxonomic: Acer macrophyllum
word: broad-leaf maple
word: bush maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharum
word: Canadian maple
taxonomic: Acer cappadocicum
word: Cappadocian maple
taxonomic: Acer leucoderme
word: chalk maple
taxonomic: Acer glabrum
word: dwarf maple
taxonomic: Acer campestre
word: English maple
taxonomic: Acer campestre
word: field maple
taxonomic: Acer floridianum
word: Florida maple
taxonomic: Abutilon spp.
word: flowering maple
taxonomic: Heuchera spp.
word: ground maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharum
word: hard maple
taxonomic: Acer campestre
word: hedge maple
taxonomic: Acer caesium
word: Indian maple
taxonomic: Acer palmatum
word: Japanese maple
word: Japanese maple tree
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: Manitoba maple
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: maple ash
word: maple bark disease
word: maple bark stripper's disease
word: maple butter
word: Maple Creek
word: Maple Cross
word: mapled
word: maple fever
word: maple ham
word: Maple Heights
word: maple honey
word: maple key
word: maple leaf
word: maple-leaf
word: maple-leaved
word: maplelike
word: maple MAGA
word: maple molasses
word: maple pug
word: Maple Ridge
word: maple sugar
word: maple-sugar
word: maple syrup
word: maple taffy
word: mapletini
word: maple toffee
word: maple tree
word: mapley
word: maply
word: Montpelier maple
taxonomic: Acer monspessulanum
word: Montpellier maple
taxonomic: Acer spicatum
word: moose maple
taxonomic: Acer spicatum
word: mountain maple
taxonomic: Acer platanoides
word: Norway maple
taxonomic: Acer macrophyllum
word: Oregon maple
taxonomic: Acer macrophyllum
word: Pacific maple
taxonomic: Acer griseum
word: paperbark maple
taxonomic: Acer argutum
word: pointed-leaf maple
taxonomic: Flindersia brayleana
word: Queensland maple
taxonomic: Acer rubrum
word: red maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharinum
word: river maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharum
word: rock maple
taxonomic: Acer glabrum
word: Rocky Mountain maple
taxonomic: Acer rubrum
word: scarlet maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharinum
word: silver maple
word: snakebark maple
taxonomic: Acer rubrum
word: soft maple
taxonomic: Acer pensylvanicum
word: striped maple
word: sugar-maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharum
word: sugar maple
taxonomic: Acer saccharinum
word: swamp maple
taxonomic: Acer pseudoplatanus
word: sycamore maple
word: sycamore maple tree
word: tiger maple
taxonomic: Acer circinatum
word: vine maple
word: white maple