maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

bird's-eye maple - maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings

wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Acer, genus Acer - type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit

maple - wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

Acer saccharinum, silver maple - a common North American maple tree; 5-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood

Acer saccharum, rock maple, sugar maple - maple of eastern and central North America having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies

Acer rubrum, red maple, scarlet maple, swamp maple - maple of eastern and central America; 5-lobed leaves scarlet and yellow in autumn

Acer pennsylvanicum, goosefoot maple, moose-wood, moosewood, striped dogwood, striped maple - maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large 2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

Acer macrophyllum, big-leaf maple, Oregon maple - maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn

Acer glabrum, dwarf maple, Rocky-mountain maple - small maple of northwestern North America

Acer spicatum, mountain alder, mountain maple - small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn

Acer circinatum, vine maple - small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets

Acer campestre, field maple, hedge maple - shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge

Acer platanoides, Norway maple - a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; 5-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties

Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple, sycamore - Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn

Acer negundo, ash-leaved maple, box elder - common shade tree of eastern and central United States

Acer argutum, pointed-leaf maple - small shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having 5 to 7 acuminate lobes; yellow in autumn

Acer japonicum, full moon maple, Japanese maple - leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan

Acer palmatum, Japanese maple - ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary