"maple" in the noun sense
1. maple
wood of any of various maple trees especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple used especially for furniture and flooring
2. maple
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs north temperate zone
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