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sugar maple

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sugar maple
n.
1. An eastern North American maple tree (Acer saccharum) having sap that is the source of maple syrup and maple sugar and variously grained hard wood used in cabinetmaking.
2. The wood of this tree. Also called hard maple, rock maple.
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sugar maple
Acer saccharum
sugar maple
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American maple tree, Acer saccharum, that is grown as a source of sugar, which is extracted from the sap, and for its hard wood
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Noun1.sugar maple - 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 formsugar maple - 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
maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
Translations
sugar maple n → acero canadese
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