a tree or shrub with lobed leaves, winged fruits, and colourful autumn foliage, grown as an ornamental or for its timber or syrupy sap 槭树,枫树
Genus Acer, family Aceraceae: many species, including the common European field maple (A. campestre), the North American sugar maple (A. saccharum), and the Japanese maple (A. palmatum), which has many cultivars 槭树属,槭树科:多种,包括常见的欧洲栓皮槭(拉丁名A. campestre)、北美的糖枫(拉丁名A. saccharum)和有很多栽培变种的日本的鸡爪槭(拉丁名A. palmatum)
语源
Old English mapel (as the first element of mapeltrēow, mapulder 'maple tree'); used as an independent word from Middle English