red maple

noun

maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn

• Syn: ↑scarlet maple, ↑swamp maple, ↑Acer rubrum

• Hypernyms: ↑maple

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noun

: any of several American maples distinguished by crimson flowers produced before the leaves in very early spring; especially : a common tree (Acer rubrum) of the eastern and central United States that grows chiefly on moist soils, has reddish twigs and somewhat pubescent leaves, and yields a lighter and softer wood than the sugar maple — called also swamp maple

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a tree, Acer rubrum, of eastern North America, growing in moist soil and usually having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn. Also called swamp maple.

[1760-70, Amer.]

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red maple,

1. any one of several varieties of maple tree with reddish-brown wood and bright-red flowers that appear in the spring before the leaves, especially a large maple of eastern North America.

2. the wood of any one of these trees, used in cabinetwork.