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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The premature leaf drop brought on by hot, dry weather is most pronounced on large-leafed, fast-growing shade trees such as cottonwoods, silver maples, catalpas, sycamores and mulberries, among others.
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
Black, red, and silver maples can be tapped for syrup, but sugar maples are prized for their production of the sweetest sap.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Norway maples and silver maples are some of the worst offenders.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Thick forests of sugar, red, and silver maples shift to shades of yellow, red, and orange.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
Black, red, and silver maples can be tapped for syrup, but sugar maples are prized for their production of the sweetest sap.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Norway maples and silver maples are some of the worst offenders.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Thick forests of sugar, red, and silver maples shift to shades of yellow, red, and orange.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for silver maple
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“Silver maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20maple. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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