maple vs moosewood

moosewood vs maple

maple and moosewood both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maple	Yes	No	No	No
moosewood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, moosewood is a hyponym of maple; that is, moosewood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maple:

maple: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
moosewood: maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

Other hyponyms of maple include Acer saccharinum, silver maple, Acer saccharum, rock maple, sugar maple, Acer rubrum, red maple, scarlet maple, swamp maple, Acer pennsylvanicum, goosefoot maple, moose-wood, striped dogwood, striped maple, Acer macrophyllum, big-leaf maple, Oregon maple, Acer glabrum, dwarf maple, Rocky-mountain maple, Acer spicatum, mountain alder, mountain maple, Acer circinatum, vine maple, Acer campestre, field maple, hedge maple, Acer platanoides, Norway maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple, sycamore, Acer negundo, ash-leaved maple, box elder, Acer argutum, pointed-leaf maple, Acer japonicum, full moon maple, Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, Japanese maple.

maple (noun)	moosewood (noun)
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone	deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring	maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

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