striped maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of striped maple
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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
Where the striped maple is indigenous, it is one of the first productions that announces the approach of spring.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
Once the brute leader miscalculated the space between a striped maple and a pignut hickory; for a moment was caught and held in a vise-like grip.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
He picked for Mrs. Du Plessis, whom he established under the shade of a straggling striped maple of tender growth.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
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