red maple

noun

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.

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

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

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

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

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

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

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