maple
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pəl noun
1.
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap. Compare maple family.
2.
the wood of any such tree.
3.
the flavor of maple syrup or maple sugar.
4.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mapel, Old English mapul-, in mapultrēow, mapulder maple tree, cognate with Old Saxon mapulder
before 900; Middle English mapel, Old English mapul-, in mapultrēow, mapulder maple tree, cognate with Old Saxon mapulder
Related forms
ma·ple·like, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | any tree or shrub of the N temperate genus Acer, having winged seeds borne in pairs and lobed leaves: family Aceraceae |
| 2. | the hard close-grained wood of any of these trees, used for furniture and flooring |
| 3. | the flavour of the sap of the sugar maple |
| [C14: from Old English mapel-, as in mapeltrēow maple tree] | |
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Word Origin & History
maple
mid-14c., from O.E. mapultreow "maple tree," related to O.N. möpurr, O.S. mapulder, M.L.G. mapeldorn, from P.Gmc. *maplo-. There also was a P.Gmc. *matlo- (cf. O.H.G. mazzaltra, Ger. maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from
1860.
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Computing Dictionary
Maple definition
A symbolic mathematics package by B. Char, K. Geddes, G. Gonnet, M. Monagan and S. Watt of the University of Waterloo, Canada and ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 1980. Version: Maple V.
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(1994-10-21)
Example sentences
The toys are made from maple wood from sustainable forests.
There's a pretty lake lined with cherry and maple trees, so you get the blossoms in the spring and autumn leaves in the fall.
Also donut, which seem a lot less sweet when you're eating maple syrup on snow.
For the past two nights, a barred owl has been calling from the big-leaf maple outside my bedroom window.
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