Maple Leaf

¹ American  

noun

1. a one-ounce gold coin of Canada showing a maple leaf on the reverse: traded for investment or as a collector's item.

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maple leaf ² American  

noun

1. the national emblem of Canada.

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Maple Leaf British  

noun

1. the national flag of Canada, consisting of a representation of a maple leaf in red on a white central panel with a vertical red bar on either side

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Example Sentences

Among England's Tudor rose, Scotland's thistle, the Welsh leek and the Irish shamrock are the Canadian maple leaf and India's lotus flower.

From BBC

Deng said China should look like a maple leaf, but with Mongolia gone, “the maple leaf has been nibbled away.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hopkinson previously spent the majority of his career at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, where he oversaw the commercial activities of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors.

From BBC

Known as the Big Maple Leaf, the coin was one of five commemorative pieces forged by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year, Rogers agreed to pay Bell Canada around $3.5 billion to become majority stakeholders in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Raptors, NHL’s Maple Leafs and Toronto FC of Major League Soccer.

From The Wall Street Journal