单词 | maple-leaved |
释义 | maple-leavedadj. In the names of trees and shrubs: having five-lobed palmate leaves like those of typical maples, esp. the field maple or sugar maple. ΚΠ 1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) 903/1 The tenth sort [of Mespilus] is, by some of the Gardeners, called the Maple-leav'd Haw. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 77 Maple-leaved Liquidamber Tree or Sweet Gum. 1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 32 Maple-leaved Mealy Tree (Viburnum acerifolium). 1857 Ladies' Repository Aug. 450/2 The maple-leaved viburnum has its beautiful cymes of white blossoms completely darkened at times by the busy swarms with which it is crowded. 1930 A. D. Webster London Trees 92 The Maple-leaved or London Plane stands first in the list of select trees for planting in towns. 1976 H. Bruce How to grow Wildflowers 132 Very different from the foregoing (and belonging to a different section of the genus) is Dockmackie or Maple-leaved Vibernum, V. acerfolium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1754 |
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