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red maple
noun
: a common tree (Acer rubrum) of eastern and central North America that grows chiefly in moist soils, has reddish twigs and flowers, and yields a lighter and softer wood than the sugar maple
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The council’s first purchase was Cowles Bog—a rare glacial wetland filled with beavers, red maples and yellow birches; a muck of swamp water and marsh plants; blackberries; and, eventually, reintroduced purple orchids—acquired in 1953 for $1,730 (around $20,000 today).
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
The swamp forest in this area includes tamarack, silver maple, red maple, and green ash.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Redbud, red maple, scarlet oak, black gum and sycamore are among the varieties being offered for pickup this weekend at the paring lot of the Benjamin Banneker Museum and Park in Catonsville.
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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Although there are some sugar maples in the northern part of New Jersey, Stockton is located in southern New Jersey, about 16 miles (26 kilometers) northwest of Atlantic City, where red maples are more common.
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Wayne Parry, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above
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“Red maple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20maple. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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red maple
noun
: a North American maple that has reddish twigs and rather soft wood and grows mainly in moist soils
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