English noun: maple |
| 1. | maple (plant) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bird's-eye maple |
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| Substance meronym | maple |
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| 2. | maple (plant) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Acer argutum, Acer campestre, Acer circinatum, Acer glabrum, Acer japonicum, Acer macrophyllum, Acer negundo, Acer palmatum, Acer pennsylvanicum, Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer saccharum, Acer spicatum, ash-leaved maple, big-leaf maple, box elder, dwarf maple, field maple, full moon maple, goosefoot maple, great maple, hedge maple, Japanese maple, Japanese maple, moose-wood, moosewood, mountain alder, mountain maple, Norway maple, Oregon maple, pointed-leaf maple, red maple, rock maple, Rocky-mountain maple, scarlet maple, scottish maple, silver maple, striped dogwood, striped maple, sugar maple, swamp maple, sycamore, vine maple |
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| Member meronym | Acer, genus Acer |
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| Substance holonym | maple |
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