silver maple
noun
1
: a common maple (Acer saccharinum) of eastern North America with deeply cut 5-lobed leaves that are light green above and silvery white below
2
: the hard close-grained but brittle light brown wood of the silver maple
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Choose Trees Wisely Some trees, such as silver maples, have weaker wood and tend to drop sticks in the slightest breeze—not to mention branches and limbs when there’s a storm.
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2024
Among the redbuds and silver maples that fringed the hillsides, the light turned the color of ash.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The swamp forest in this area includes tamarack, silver maple, red maple, and green ash.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
The floodplain forests along the upper Mississippi River are mostly made up of silver maple, cottonwood, willow, green ash and American elm.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2024
Among the redbuds and silver maples that fringed the hillsides, the light turned the color of ash.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The swamp forest in this area includes tamarack, silver maple, red maple, and green ash.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
The floodplain forests along the upper Mississippi River are mostly made up of silver maple, cottonwood, willow, green ash and American elm.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Silver maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20maple. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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