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Acer campestre

Acer campestre

8.9
A small to medium maple tree often used in Europe for hedges and garden planting
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • We planted several Acer campestre along the driveway to provide shade and privacy.

Examples

  • Gardeners often choose Acer campestre for its resilience and attractive autumn foliage.

  • The Acer campestre is popular in Europe for creating natural hedges and windbreaks.

  • The Acer campestre is popular for hedges.

  • I planted an Acer campestre in my garden.

  • Gardeners often choose Acer campestre for its resilience and attractive autumn foliage.

  • The Acer campestre is popular in Europe for creating natural hedges and windbreaks.

  • We planted several Acer campestre along the driveway to provide shade and privacy.

Synonyms

field maple
vsAcer campestre
7.2

A small tree with dense leaves often used as a hedge in gardens

uses the formal botanical name instead of the familiar garden term
hedge maple
vsAcer campestre
  • UK
8.2

A small tree often grown as a bush to make garden hedges

refers to the species generally not only plants used as garden borders

Surface Forms

Acer campestre singular
Acer campestres plural

Morphology

Acer + campestre

This is a scientific binomial composed of the genus name 'Acer' (a group of maple trees) and the specific epithet 'campestre' (lit. 'of the fields'), so the compound literally denotes the 'field maple' and its meaning is directly derivable from its parts. Taxonomic Latin names are compositional and follow a predictable genus + descriptor pattern used across languages, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Acer campestre comes from Latin words: Acer meaning 'maple' and campestre meaning 'of the fields'. So the name literally means a 'field maple', a small maple that often grows in open fields and hedges and is used by gardeners for shelter and shade.