Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.

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  • adjective resembling maple

Etymologies

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maple +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The leaves are maplelike, but as much as 12 inches across, and the plants rise to seven feet or more on stems that are at least an inch thick.

    Groundwork: Okra time 2010

  • While the maplelike foliage influenced its common name, flowering maple, the blooms have led some to call it Chinese lantern.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Glausidium palmatum displays its large, silky lilac-pink flowers, measuring up to three inches across, above large, veined, and crinkled maplelike leaves.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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