Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maple

2 senses of maple

Sense 1
maple -- (wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 2
maple -- (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)