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Norway maple

A maple tree (Acer platanoides) native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, having dark green leaves and widely planted as a shade tree.

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Norway maple

(Plants) a large Eurasian maple tree, Acer platanoides, with broad five-lobed pale green leaves

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Nor′way ma′ple

a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.

[1790–1800]

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Norway maple - a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties

Acer platanoides

maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

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