Sugar maple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
    Acer saccharum; rock maple.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum). See Maple.

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