MAPLE
What does "MAPLE" mean?
A tree with lobed leaves and winged seeds, valued for timber and syrup.
Meanings
- A deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Acer, known for lobed leaves, winged seeds, and brilliant autumn colour. The maple turned a fierce red in October.
- The hard, pale wood of this tree, used for furniture and flooring. The bowling lanes were laid in maple.
- The flavour of maple syrup, made by boiling the tree's sap. She drizzled maple over the pancakes.
Did you know?
- Maple syrup is concentration on a heroic scale — it takes about 40 litres of watery sap, boiled down, to yield a single litre of syrup.
- Canada put the maple at the heart of its identity in 1965, when a single red sugar-maple leaf became the centre of the national flag.
Word origin
From Old English 'mapul' or 'mapulder', the native name for the tree, of Germanic origin.
Remember it
MAPLE contains 'MAP' — fittingly, its leaf maps the flag of Canada.
A little poem
Sap climbs in the cold,
forty litres boiled to one-
spring kept as amber.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the maple the most patriotic tree in Canada? It wears its leaf on the flag — and bleeds syrup for the country.
What it teaches
Sweetness worth keeping is mostly patience: forty parts waiting for one part reward.
Quick facts
What does MAPLE mean?
A tree with lobed leaves and winged seeds, valued for timber and syrup.
Is MAPLE a valid word?
Yes — MAPLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MAPLE?
MAPLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MAPLE come from?
From Old English 'mapul' or 'mapulder', the native name for the tree, of Germanic origin.
What can MAPLE teach us?
Sweetness worth keeping is mostly patience: forty parts waiting for one part reward.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.