A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MAPLE

Sat, 25 Nov '23
Common residential street name
Thu, 3 Aug '23
Tree whose first four letters are an anagram of another tree
Tue, 20 Jun '23
With 68-Across, pancake topping
Sun, 4 Jun '23
12th-most-common street name, per the U.S. Census Bureau
Sat, 6 May '23
What a helicopter might fly out of?
Wed, 9 Nov '22
With 26-Down, syrup source
Thu, 17 Jun '21
Syrup source
Thu, 22 Apr '21
Producer of "whirligigs"