swamp maple

American  

noun

1. red maple.

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Etymology

Origin of swamp maple

An Americanism dating back to 1660–70

Example Sentences

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swamp maple

A little farther north the red oak is one of the most desirable, and in many places the swamp maple grows well, though this latter tree does not thrive well in crowded cities.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor

A swamp maple grows at this stump as a back for my seat in this reception room of the jewel-weeds.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

Homespun clothing, dyed with the extract of black-walnut bark or wild indigo or swamp maple or elderberries, was worn by everybody.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach

Other common names: The red maple is sometimes known as swamp maple.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

Here the cinnamon fern grows luxuriantly, while a few swamp maple saplings and mountain ash trees occur at intervals, and afford sufficient food to the moose.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles