MAPLE
ADJECTIVES
► HATTIR of maple → 1513 Sc. obs.
NOUNS
► KEY the winged fruit of a maple or similar tree → 1714 Amer. dial.
► MAPLIN-TREE the maple tree, Acer Pseudo-Platanus → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONKEY the winged seed of maple or ash → 1949 Amer. dial.
► POLLYNOSE a maple seed which children play with by splitting the bract and sticking it on the bridge of the nose → 1978 Amer. dial.
► SUGAR BERTH a maple sugar grove → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SUGAR-BUSH a maple tree → 1839 Amer.
► WHIRLIGIG a maple seed; the winged fruit of a maple tree → 1995 Amer. dial.
► WHIRLYBIRD a maple seed; the winged fruit of a maple tree → 1995 Amer. dial.
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