acer platanoides

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsNorway maple

   Broadermaple

Questions about acer platanoides

What does acer platanoides mean?

acer platanoides means "a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties".

What is another word for acer platanoides?

Close synonyms include Norway 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 platanoides a common word?

acer platanoides 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.