mountain maple

American  

noun

1. a shrub, Acer spicatum, of eastern North America, having small, greenish-yellow flowers and winged fruit, the foliage turning to orange and scarlet in autumn.

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Etymology

Origin of mountain maple

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

A scanty undergrowth of mountain maple and numerous sugar maple seedlings is present.

From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.

The broad-leaved maple and mountain maple are found mostly in the cool cañons at the head of the Valley, spreading their branches in beautiful arches over the foaming streams.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John

Black birch and alder trim many of the streams, and the mountain maple is thinly scattered from the foothills to nine thousand feet altitude.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Scattered among these are bushes and scrubby trees, called "forest weeds," such as mountain maple and dogwood, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

The underbrush is scanty; mountain maple is rather common, and there are a few young black ashes.

From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.