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vine maple

vine maple noun: a relatively small maple (Acer circinatum), found in western North America, resembling the Japanese maple, often grown as an ornamental.

vine maple: a relatively small maple (Acer circinatum), found in western North America, resembling the Japanese...
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Noun

vine maple (plural vine maples)

  1. A relatively small maple (Acer circinatum), found in western North America, resembling the Japanese maple, often grown as an ornamental.

Forms of vine maple

pluralvine maples

Origin of vine maple

From the spreading, twisting growth habit of its branches.

Questions about vine maple

What does vine maple mean?
Vine maple means a relatively small maple (Acer circinatum), found in western North America, resembling the Japanese maple, often grown as an ornamental.
What part of speech is vine maple?
Vine maple is a noun.
What is the plural of vine maple?
The plural of vine maple is vine maples.

Words near vine maple in the dictionary

  1. Vine boom
  2. Vine booms
  3. Vine Hill
  4. vine leaf
  5. vine leaves
  6. vine maple
  7. vine maples
  8. vine mesquite
  9. vine mesquites
  10. vine moth
  11. vine of Sodom

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