acer palmatum

1. 1.

   ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties

   SynonymsJapanese maple

   Broadermaple

Questions about acer palmatum

What does acer palmatum mean?

acer palmatum means "ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties".

What is another word for acer palmatum?

Close synonyms include Japanese maple. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acer palmatum a common word?

acer palmatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.