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My point is that acer IS used like oak or pine. I'm well aware of the Latin names of oak and pine; I could give you the "proper" name of every plant that grows on my land. I would, however, write that most of the acers I have are A. rubrum. Did you see the link I posted? Oaks and acers and beeches? Do you argue with Oxford?

...but loosely. Surely in the Eastern US, you must have heard of maples?

I am not very good at this, but here goes:

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me @42
...actually "acers" is acceptable, but "acer" is doubtful. That's the system that I have learned to apply.

Chambers, too, has acer in lower case, as a plant of the genus Acer, just as one would say that oak is one of the genus Quercus. No, I've never heard of maples. How insulting can you be?

Sorry aristo - joke.

@Mattrom


My #23 is a variation on my #10, trying (miserably) to get the Danish word 'tak' , which means 'thank you', into a clue.

I seem to have quite accidentally offended both mattorm and aristo. Please accept that this was quite unintentional, and accept my utmost apologies.

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Thanks, Spike, I now know some Danish, and that there is a 'Grateful Dane' distillery in Houston.