vine maple

noun
a maple, Acer circinatum, of the western coast of North America, often having vinelike or prostrate stems that form dense thickets.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism

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vine maple

noun
small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets 
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Vine maple is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
Vine maple can be trained and pruned into tree form.
Maybe the holly supplants a western yew, or a red-flowering currant, or a vine
  maple.
Trailside shoulders have been replanted with native plants such as salal, sword
  fern, and vine maple.
In autumn, vibrant red vine maple highlights the landscape.
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