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maple 音标拼音: [m'epəl]
n. 枫,枫木,淡棕色 枫,枫木,淡棕色 maple n 1: wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close- grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring 2: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zoneMaple \ Ma" ple\ ( m[= a]" p' l), n. [ AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[" o] purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] ( Bot.) A tree of the genus { Acer}, including about fifty species. { Acer saccharinum} is the { rock maple}, or { sugar maple}, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the { red maple} or { swamp maple} is { Acer rubrum}; the { silver maple}, { Acer dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the { striped maple}, { Acer Pennsylvanium}, called also { moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is { Acer campestre}, the { sycamore maple} is { Acer Pseudo- platanus}, and the { Norway maple} is { Acer platanoides}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Bird' s- eye maple}, { Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. { Maple honey}, { Maple molasses}, { Maple syrup}, or { Maple sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. { Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster] |
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