bird's-eye maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bird's-eye maple
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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A bird's-eye maple ledge atop the lower cabinets is a striking accent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cherry and Pacific madrona briar, bird's-eye maple briar and ivory alcantra gleam among luxurious marbles, fabrics and upholstery.
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
They went to bed early that night, the two girls snuggled in Billie’s pretty bird’s-eye maple bed in Billie’s pretty bird’s-eye maple room.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.
It was a large engraving with a dazzling white margin enclosed in a wide frame of bird's-eye maple with an inner scroll of gold.
From Summer by Wharton, Edith
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