noun
definition
A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
definition
The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance
Examples of maples in a Sentence
Maples were still plentiful, 20 species having been described.
The Atlantic flora has also numerous oaks and maples, signalized by their autumnal coloration.
Pines of three species, junipers, larches, oaks, maples, willows and the Thuja Orientalis have been identified.
Maples are for the most part trees with opposite, longstalked, palmately lobed leaves.
On the slopes of mountain valleys grow cedars, dwarf maples and occasional oaks.
The setting of shade trees was early encouraged, and large elms and maples abound.
The trees at this altitude include cypresses and maples.
The former Maples furniture depository has been regenerated to provide a contemporary loft style working environment.
Other species can be less massive, such as old hornbeam pollards, field maples or holly.
Canada Road and Quebec Way are lined by quite young sycamores and maples.
Poplars, willows, lime, mountain-ash, maples, are favourite habitats, and it is also found on many other trees, including cedar of Lebanon and larch.
On the higher elevations the trees are mostly white pine, yellow pine and hemlock, but in the valleys and lower levels are oaks, hickories, maples, elms, birches, locusts, willows, spruces, gums, buckeyes, the chestnut, black walnut, butternut, cedar, ash, linden, poplar, buttonwood, hornbeam, holly, catalpa, magnolia, tulip-tree, Kentucky coffee-tree, sassafras, wild cherry, pawpaw, crab-apple and other species.
Then looking more closely at the trees around, they saw that the treasure was all melting away, and that much of it was already spread over the leaves of the oak trees and maples, which were shining with their gorgeous dress of gold and bronze, crimson and emerald.
Then looking around more closely, they saw that much of the treasure was already melted, for the oaks and maples were arrayed in gorgeous dresses of gold and crimson and emerald.
Already, by the first of September, I had seen two or three small maples turned scarlet across the pond, beneath where the white stems of three aspens diverged, at the point of a promontory, next the water.
Early in May, the oaks, hickories, maples, and other trees, just putting out amidst the pine woods around the pond, imparted a brightness like sunshine to the landscape, especially in cloudy days, as if the sun were breaking through mists and shining faintly on the hillsides here and there.
Japanese maples are among the most popular small trees.
The Japanese Maples are beautiful, but not quite robust, except in favoured districts.
Leaf diseases occur on nearly all maple trees at one point or another, with some species more susceptible than other types of maples.
Maples trees are generally very hardy and disease resistant, but there are some maple tree diseases that specifically affect the leaves.
These diseases don't just affect maples.
Trees and shrubs that Japanese beetles don't like include boxwood, red maples, hickory trees, juniper, lilac, magnolia and many more.
The Silver Maples of Chelsea offers options for independent, residential-style living as well as assisted living accommodations where residents live under the supervision of licensed, caring staff.
Silver Maples residents have access to skilled nursing care as well as memory care.
The home, now known as Eight Maples Farm, had been a gathering place for travelers seeking good music and refreshments, over two hundred years ago.
Mission Park (10 acres) here is adorned by native and foreign shrubs and by maples, elms, pines and arbor vitae, and "Haystack Monument" in this park marks the place where Samuel John Mills (1783-1818), in 1806, held the prayer meeting which was the forerunner of the American foreign missionary movement.
Among deciduous trees the state is noted for its sugar maples; birch and beech are common on the hills, and oaks, elm, hickory, ash, poplar, basswood, willow, chestnut and butternut on the less elevated areas.
Frank has claimed to have found oats, buckbeans, spurry, turnips, mustard, potatoes and Norway maples exercising it; Nobbe and others have imputed its possession to Elaeagnus.
Such are the cork-warts on elms, maples, &c., and the class of outgrowths known as Intumescences.