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ăcer , ĕris, n. kindred with Germ. Ahorn (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.),
I.the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.
II. Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.66
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