sugar maple

sugar maple
noun Date: 1731 1. a maple (Acer saccharum) of eastern North America with 3- to 5-lobed leaves, hard close-grained wood much used for cabinetwork, and sap that is the chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar — called also rock maple, hard maple 2. any of several maples (especially Acer nigrum and A. grandidentatum) often considered subspecies of the sugar maple

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