Great maple and Maple

Great maple noun - Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn.

Maple and great maple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maple" instead a noun phrase "Great maple".

Maple noun - Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.

Great maple and maple are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Great maple" with "Maple", this terms are similar.