sugar maple (redirected from sugar maples)

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.

sugar maple Acer saccharum

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sugar maple

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a North American maple tree, grown as a source of sugar, which is extracted from the sap

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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 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