silver maple

silver maple
noun Date: 1765 1. a common maple (Acer saccharinum) of eastern North America with deeply cut 5-lobed leaves that are light green above and silvery white below 2. the hard close-grained but brittle light brown wood of the silver maple

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  • silver maple — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Acer saccharinum • Hypernyms: ↑maple …   Useful english dictionary

  • silver maple — sil′ver ma′ple n. 1) pln a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath 2) the hard, close grained wood of this tree • Etymology: 1755–65 …   From formal English to slang

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