black maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black maple
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Earlier this season, when Barrera was slumping in Rochester, he asked Noll if he could borrow one of his black maple bats.
From Washington Post
Maples differ by species, as red maple turns brilliant scarlet; sugar maple, orange-red; and black maple, yellow.
From Fox News
I saw something a few nights ago that I wanted to show you: fireflies gathering like stars underneath a hundred-year-old black maple tree, glittering in the gloom.
From Washington Post
But it's a very old and connected distilling family down Kentucky way, with a track record of stellar bourbons - like Black Maple Hill - that they've long produced under the guise of K.B.D. or Kentucky Bourbon Distillers.
From New York Times
Whirled down the sky like black maple leaves caught up aloft, came two more crows.
From Project Gutenberg
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