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  1. n. A species of maple, Acer palmatum, with great natural variety of appearance, often with reddish leaves for most of the year and multiple trunks, widely grown as an ornamental.

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  1. n. ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties
  2. n. leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan.

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  • “I remember Japanese maple trees, forsythia in bloom, the blush pink of a flowering crab, or euonymus branches with their bare, intricately twisted limbs, a few of which she would clip regularly to put in a tall vase in her window.”

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