black maple

American  

noun

1. a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of black maple

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

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 • Jul. 20, 2021

Whirled down the sky like black maple leaves caught up aloft, came two more crows.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The black maple is the sugar maple of South Dakota and Iowa.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The black maple, Acer nigrum Michx., occurs with the sugar maple with darker bark.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

Habit.—The black maple is somewhat smaller than the sugar maple, the bark is darker and the foliage more sombre.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low