silver maple

silver maple

n.1. An eastern North American deciduous tree (Acer saccharinum) having palmately dissected leaves that are silvery below and light green above.2. The hard brittle wood of this tree.

silver maple

n (Plants) a North American maple tree, Acer saccharinum, having five-lobed leaves that are green above and silvery-white beneath

sil′ver ma′ple

n. 1. a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath. 2. the hard, close-grained wood of this tree. [1755–65]

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silver maple - a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown woodAcer saccharinummaple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone