swamp maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of swamp maple
An Americanism dating back to 1660–70
Example Sentences
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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
Lustrous is the new red of poison ivy and woodbine, of swamp maple and slowly budding oak.
From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian
The habitat by swamp maple, desert willow, and seaside alder.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The red maple, or swamp maple, Acer rubrum L., has leaves deeply lobed with the lobes sharply toothed.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
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
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