STRIPED MAPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striped maple mean? 

• STRIPED MAPLE (noun)
  The noun STRIPED MAPLE has 1 sense:

1. maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

  Familiarity information: STRIPED MAPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIPED MAPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acer pennsylvanicum; goosefoot maple; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; striped maple

Hypernyms ("striped maple" is a kind of...):

maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)

 Context examples 

Researchers found that striped maple trees can switch from male to female or female to male from year to year.

(Striped maple trees often change mating types, with females more likely to die, National Science Foundation)

The study found that 54 percent of striped maple trees changed mating type over a four-year period, with some switching multiple times.

(Striped maple trees often change mating types, with females more likely to die, National Science Foundation)

Understory trees such as striped maples grow beneath the forest canopy and may become unhealthy for many reasons: insects chew on them, deer use them for antler rubs, large trees fall on them during storms, and drought can affect them.

(Striped maple trees often change mating types, with females more likely to die, National Science Foundation)