maples
- plural of maple.
Example Sentences
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In my Connecticut backyard, I’ve been reclaiming the turf under my maples and birches by planting native ferns, geraniums and woodland asters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
In the shady hills of Appalachia, a small fruit tree grows in the shadow of taller oaks and maples.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024
The cloaked trees have created a mysterious and striking effect across the city and its suburbs, with purple and green leaves of Japanese maples or elms barely visible behind translucent tulle.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Tobin is a co-author of a 2021 study in the journal Forest Ecology and Management on the widespread decline of big leaf maples in Western Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
But already in my memory, it has happened and I am standing under those blazing trees—flamboyants in bloom in my imagination, not having seen those sugar maples he spoke of.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
