red maple


noun
  1. a tree, Acer rubrum, of eastern North America, growing in moist soil and usually having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn.

Origin of red maple

1
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

Words Nearby red maple

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How to use red maple in a sentence

  • On the Arkansas side, you’ll ascend 2,681-foot Rich Mountain in Queen Wilhelmina State Park, where you can camp under hickory, elm, and red maple trees, or stay in the park’s historic lodge.

  • On a whim several years ago, I put these two concepts together when I took some of my red maple sap out of the syrup boiling process and turned it into wine using my standard mead-making process.

    Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | February 7, 2021 | Popular-Science
  • This variety of the red maple is a form found in the dense swamps of the lower Wabash Valley.

    Trees of Indiana | Charles Clemon Deam
  • There stood the yellow walnut, the blood-red maple, side by side with the green pine and the spruce.

  • One of the pair of keys or winged fruits of red maple; the seed-bearing portion cut open to show the seed.

  • The seeds (duly soaked for examination) and the germination should be compared with those of Sugar and red maple (19-21).

  • Triœcious, where there are three sorts of flowers on the same or different individuals, as in red maple.