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

Examples of silver maple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1