Norway maple
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- noun
- /ˈnɔrweɪ ˈmeɪpəl/
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arce de Noruega
- In many parks, you can find beautiful Norway maples providing shade during the hot summer days.
Examples
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Norway maple
Academic text (2006) -
Japanese stiltgrass and Norway maples compete with the trilliums and white oaks.
Blog text (3) -
The Norway maple has stunning yellow leaves in autumn that attract many admirers.
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Landscapers often recommend Norway maples for their hardiness and lovely fall color.
Synonyms
A large maple tree from Europe and Asia with leaves that have five parts and turn yellow in autumn
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Morphology
This is a straightforward noun compound where a place-name + noun indicates a type or variety (a maple associated with Norway). The meaning 'a kind of maple tree' and likely origin or association is directly derivable from knowing 'Norway' and 'maple', and this naming pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner would understand it.
Etymology
The name Norway maple may come from old plant books where gardeners said this kind of maple came from Norway or nearby parts of northern Europe. So the name simply points to where the tree came from and explains why we call this large decorative tree a Norway maple today.