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moose maple
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small maple, Acer pensylvanicum, found in central and eastern Canada.
See: striped maple
Quotations
1917
Common names [are] Striped maple, moosewood, moose maple.
1952
. . . to our left lay the woodsy thickets . . . beech and chokecherry and moose maple.
1956
The buds and twigs provide winter food for deer and moose, and the latter eat the leaves in summer, hence the names moosewood and moose maple.