black maple

noun

1. a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black maple¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

Earlier this season, when Barrera was slumping in Rochester, he asked Noll if he could borrow one of his black maple bats.

From Washington Post

Maples differ by species, as red maple turns brilliant scarlet; sugar maple, orange-red; and black maple, yellow.

From Fox News

I saw something a few nights ago that I wanted to show you: fireflies gathering like stars underneath a hundred-year-old black maple tree, glittering in the gloom.

From Washington Post

But it's a very old and connected distilling family down Kentucky way, with a track record of stellar bourbons - like Black Maple Hill - that they've long produced under the guise of K.B.D. or Kentucky Bourbon Distillers.

From New York Times

Whirled down the sky like black maple leaves caught up aloft, came two more crows.

From Project Gutenberg