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Norway maple

–noun
a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.

Origin:
1790–1800
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n.  A tall Eurasian tree (Acer platanoides) having greenish-yellow flowers and drooping fruits with horizontally spreading wings, widely cultivated in North America as a shade tree.
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