noun
deep-veined maple; Acer argutum
A species of maple native to Japan, with deeply veined leaves resembling hemp leaves.
アサノハカエデは山地の湿った場所に自生する。
The deep-veined maple grows naturally in moist mountainous areas.
Kanji spelling for the tree name; literally 'hemp-leaf maple'.
Katakana spelling is common for plant names and is marked as usually written in kana.
The name comes from the resemblance of the leaf shape to hemp leaves (麻の葉).