maplelike

1 7.5

Having leaves or a shape like a maple tree

adjective
/ˈmeɪpəlˌlaɪk/

: parecido a un arce

The tree had maplelike leaves, making it difficult to distinguish from actual maples in the forest.

Examples

The artist painted a forest scene filled with maplelike foliage in brilliant autumn colors.
Some shrubs develop a maplelike shape as they mature, even though they belong to a different botanical family.
The tree's leaves are maplelike.
Look at that maplelike tree in the park!
The artist painted a forest scene filled with maplelike foliage in brilliant autumn colors.
Some shrubs develop a maplelike shape as they mature, even though they belong to a different botanical family.
The tree had maplelike leaves, making it difficult to distinguish from actual maples in the forest.

Synonyms

maple-like

vsmaplelike

1 5.5

Like the leaves or wood of a maple tree

is the unhyphenated single word form with the same meaning

Surface Forms

maplelike positive

Morphology

maplelike = maple (transparent) = maple + like

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-like' to the noun 'maple', meaning 'resembling a maple.'

Etymology

Maplelike is simply maple + -like, where maple is the tree and -like means 'similar to' or 'in the style of'. So, maplelike describes something that looks like a maple tree or has leaves and a shape that remind you of a maple.