red maple

noun

1. a tree, Acer rubrum, of eastern North America, growing in moist soil and usually having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red maple¹

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

Example Sentences

On the Arkansas side, you’ll ascend 2,681-foot Rich Mountain in Queen Wilhelmina State Park, where you can camp under hickory, elm, and red maple trees, or stay in the park’s historic lodge.

From Outside Online

On a whim several years ago, I put these two concepts together when I took some of my red maple sap out of the syrup boiling process and turned it into wine using my standard mead-making process.

From Popular-Science

This variety of the red maple is a form found in the dense swamps of the lower Wabash Valley.

From Project Gutenberg

There stood the yellow walnut, the blood-red maple, side by side with the green pine and the spruce.

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One of the pair of keys or winged fruits of Red Maple; the seed-bearing portion cut open to show the seed.

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The seeds (duly soaked for examination) and the germination should be compared with those of Sugar and Red Maple (19-21).

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Triœcious, where there are three sorts of flowers on the same or different individuals, as in Red Maple.

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