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flowering maple

American

noun

any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.

flowering maple British

noun

any tropical shrub of the malvaceous genus Abutilon , esp A. hybridum , having lobed leaves like those of the maple and brightly coloured flowers

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flowering maple

The flowering maple was still aflame, the sweet centre of attraction to innumerable bees, the hum of whose industry rose and fell on the languid breeze.

From What Can She Do? by Edward Payson Roe

For height, then, one might plant a flowering maple.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

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