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• maple leaf
  maple leaf

  noun

  the national emblem of Canada.
• Maple Leaf
  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.

maple leaf

¹ American  

noun

1. the national emblem of Canada.

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Maple Leaf ² 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 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

Canada's home shirt draws inspiration from the country's national symbol, the maple leaf.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

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 • Dec. 19, 2025

That was serious business in Canada, whose flag is the maple leaf and which supplies most of the world’s maple syrup, but it is also undeniably amusing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Smiling over some of them — some bright purple berries, the sweet smell of a maple leaf — no longer needed forcing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

On the way to the Big House, we read the last report, which was handwritten on a maple leaf from a satyr in Canada.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan