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ma⋅ple

  [mey-puhl]
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–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. Bowling Slang. pin (def. 11).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME mapel, OE mapul-, in mapultrēow, mapulder maple tree, c. OS mapulder

Related forms:
ma⋅ple⋅like, adjective
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ma·ple   (mā'pəl)   
n.  

  1. Any of numerous deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer of the North Temperate Zone, having opposite, usually palmate leaves and long-winged fruits borne in pairs.

  2. The wood of any of these trees, especially the hard, close-grained wood of the sugar maple, often used for furniture and flooring.

  3. The flavor of the concentrated sap of the sugar maple.


[Middle English, from Old English mapul- (as in mapultrēo, maple tree).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

maple 
c.1366, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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