genus Acer

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genus Acer - type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruitAcerdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationAceraceae, family Aceraceae, maple family - a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maplesmaple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone