Japanese maple
noun
: a maple (Acer palmatum) of Japan, China, and Korea with purple flowers and usually deeply parted leaves that is widely cultivated as a shrub or small tree
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The Johnstons preserved more than 30 trees at Bryant Heights, from Douglas firs and cedars to oak trees and Japanese maples.
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Bellamy Pailthorp, NPR, 11 June 2025
The list includes Japanese maples, dogwoods, aucubas, mahonias, hostas, ferns, hellebores, summer phlox, ajuga, colocasias, oxalis, cast iron plants (aspidistras), cleyeras, and ‘Texas Gold’ columbines, among many others.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
When Jones’s own mother died, in early 2023 (not of COVID, but gone nonetheless), Jones’s family memorialized her at the cemetery by adopting a Japanese maple.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Minimalist elegance and serenity reign in this traditional tea garden, with Japanese maples, a thatched tea house, and the gentle philosophy of Ikebana.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Bellamy Pailthorp, NPR, 11 June 2025
The list includes Japanese maples, dogwoods, aucubas, mahonias, hostas, ferns, hellebores, summer phlox, ajuga, colocasias, oxalis, cast iron plants (aspidistras), cleyeras, and ‘Texas Gold’ columbines, among many others.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
When Jones’s own mother died, in early 2023 (not of COVID, but gone nonetheless), Jones’s family memorialized her at the cemetery by adopting a Japanese maple.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Minimalist elegance and serenity reign in this traditional tea garden, with Japanese maples, a thatched tea house, and the gentle philosophy of Ikebana.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for Japanese maple
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“Japanese maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20maple. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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