maple leaf

noun

the national emblem of Canada.

Maple Leaf

noun

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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Historical Examples of maple leaf

The first change of the maple-leaf is to scarlet; the next, to yellow.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
Various
I can get a kiss for a maple-leaf, and a wife by giving a nod.
John Brown
Captain R. W. Campbell
So when the Maple-leaf looked down, she smiled up at him and said, "Good-morning."
The Story Hour
Nora A. Smith
There is a maple-leaf, I think, upon their shoulder straps, and a British brigade is glad enough to have those maples beside them.
War's Brighter Side
Julian Ralph.
Little Gray Squirrel, crying into his maple-leaf handkerchief as though his very heart would break!
Father Thrift and His Animal Friends
Joseph Charles Sindelar

British Dictionary definitions for maple leaf

Maple Leaf

noun

the Maple Leaf 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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