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Japanese maple

Japanese maple noun: 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.

Noun

Japanese maple (plural Japanese maples)

  1. 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.

Forms of Japanese maple

pluralJapanese maples

Questions about Japanese maple

What does Japanese maple mean?
Japanese maple means 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.
What part of speech is Japanese maple?
Japanese maple is a noun.
What is the plural of Japanese maple?
The plural of Japanese maple is Japanese maples.

Words near Japanese maple in the dictionary

  1. Japanese macaques
  2. Japanese mandolin
  3. Japanese mandoline
  4. Japanese mandolines
  5. Japanese mandolins
  6. Japanese maple
  7. Japanese maple tree
  8. Japanese maple trees
  9. Japanese maples
  10. Japanese marten
  11. Japanese martens

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