white maple

noun

1

a

: any of several maples having pale bark: such as

(1)

: silver maple

(2)

: oregon maple

(3)

: red maple

b

: white mapau

2

: the clear pale sapwood of a sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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