striped maple

American  

noun

1. a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.

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Etymology

Origin of striped maple

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

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striped maple

Among a small flock of songbirds, a black-throated blue warbler ate a green caterpillar from a striped maple.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016

It then crosses Jordan Stream on a wooden bridge and wends through stands of cedar and striped maple on a graded gravel path.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2014

For the most part his food consists of leaves and tender twigs of young trees, such as striped maple, aspen, birch, hemlock, alder and willow.

From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

Then, where the beeches dwindle until adult trees are only knee-high, there begins a sub-arctic zone of black spruce, balsam, striped maple, aspen and the “Peruvian” or red cherry.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

We made directly for a part of the woods where it was known to my friend that the striped maple grew in great plenty.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne