- mountain maple
- nounsmall shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn• Syn: ↑mountain alder, ↑Acer spicatum• Hypernyms: ↑maple
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noun: any of various American shrubby maples found in mountain regions: asa. : a tall shrub or bushy tree (Acer spicatum) of the eastern United States with flaky or furrowed bark and slender cylindrical panicles of greenish flowers — called also moose maple, mountain alderb. : dwarf maplec. : vine maple* * *
a shrub, Acer spicatum, of eastern North America, having small, greenish-yellow flowers and winged fruit, the foliage turning to orange and scarlet in autumn.[1775-85, Amer.]* * *
mountain maple,a shrublike maple of eastern North America, with greenish-yellow flowers growing in erect, downy spikes.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.