Acer pseudoplatanus

Acer pseudoplatanus
    n 1: Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in
         flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate
         lobes yellow in autumn [syn: {sycamore}, {great maple},
         {scottish maple}, {Acer pseudoplatanus}]
    

Maple \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}.
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   Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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   {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.
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Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
   ? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
   cf. F. sycomore. Cf. {Mulberry}.] (Bot.)
   (a) A large tree ({Ficus Sycomorus}) allied to the common
       fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
       or sycamine, of Scripture.
   (b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
   (c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
       Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes {sycomore}.]
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