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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An eastern North American deciduous tree (Acer saccharinum) having palmately dissected leaves that are silvery below and light green above.
  • noun The hard brittle wood of this tree.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood

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