maple

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

maple [maple maples] BrE [ˈmeɪpl] NAmE [ˈmeɪpl] noun
1. countable, uncountable (also ˈmaple tree)a tall tree with leaves that have five points and turn bright red or yellow in the autumn/fall. Maples grow in northern countries.
2. uncountable the wood of the maple tree

Word Origin:
Old English mapel (as the first element of mapeltrēow, mapulder ‘maple tree’); used as an independent word from Middle English.