vine maple

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English[edit]

vine maple flower and leaf

Etymology[edit]

From the spreading, twisting growth habit of its branches.

Noun[edit]

vine maple (plural vine maples)

  1. A relatively small maple (Acer circinatum), found in western North America, resembling the Japanese maple, often grown as an ornamental.

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