bird's-eye maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bird's-eye maple
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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Cherry and Pacific madrona briar, bird's-eye maple briar and ivory alcantra gleam among luxurious marbles, fabrics and upholstery.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bird's-eye maple ledge atop the lower cabinets is a striking accent.
From Time Magazine Archive
She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
It was fitted up with bird’s-eye maple, and the mouldings were gilt.
From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by Tilney, F.C.
The table, like the rest of the suite, was of bird's-eye maple; but the maker seemed to have penetrated the druidic secret of the rocking-stone, the thing was in a state of unstable equilibrium perpetually.
From The Hill of Dreams by Machen, Arthur
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