silver maple

noun

: a common maple (Acer saccharinum) of eastern North America with deeply cut 5-lobed leaves that are light green above and silvery white below

: the hard close-grained but brittle light brown wood of the silver maple

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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. —

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