maples
Tapped for sweetness
Maples are deciduous trees known for their distinctive lobed leaves and winged seeds that spiral as they fall.
Many species produce brilliant autumn colors—reds, oranges, and yellows.
The sugar maple yields sap that's boiled down to make maple syrup.
Maple wood is prized for furniture and flooring.
The maples along the street turned crimson in October.
Sheds foliage seasonally
- saplingJuvenile woody plant
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- palmateHaving radiating lobes
- lobedHaving rounded projections
seeds · samaras · helicopters · whirlybirds · bark · branches · roots · canopy
Plant circulatory fluid
- tappingRepeated light striking
- sugarhouseMaple syrup production facility
- sugarbushTrees tapped for syrup
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
evaporator · spile · buckets · pancakes · waffles · Vermont · Quebec · amber
Plant's leafy covering
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
fall · October · November · harvest · turning · brilliant · fiery · canopy
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
lobed · seeds · samaras · helicopters · whirlybirds · bark · branches · roots · canopy · shade
sap
Plant circulatory fluid
- tappingRepeated light striking
- sugarhouseMaple syrup production facility
- sugarbushTrees tapped for syrup
boiling · evaporator · spile · buckets · pancakes · waffles · Vermont · Quebec · amber · grade
foliage
Plant's leafy covering
golden · fall · October · November · harvest · turning · brilliant · fiery · canopy · raking
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
furniture · veneer · millwork · grain · tonewood · guitars · woodworking · figured · birdseye · curly
hockey
Stick-and-goal sport
Vancouver · poutine · Mounties · loonie · Canuck · leaf · Leafs · flag · anthem · emblem
- urban treesstreet trees, park trees, shade trees, tree canopy, urban canopy
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- forest featurespine trees, redwoods, old-growth forest, oak trees, sequoias
- botanybotany, plants, plant biology, plant, plant anatomy
- native plantssagebrush, dogwood, wildflowers, milkweed, juniper
- seed plantsangiosperms, gymnosperms, conifers, gymnosperm, angiosperm
- maple syrupConcentrated sap sweetener
- maple leafDistinctive lobed tree foliage
- maple leavesDeciduous tree's flat appendages
- maple treeDeciduous hardwood, often tapped
- maple sugarGranulated tree sap product
- maple baconSyrup-glazed cured pork
maple, maple syrup, red maple, sugar maple, silver maple, maple-leaf