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sugar maple

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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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  • Sugar maple — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sugar maple — Maple Ma ple (m[=a] p l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[ o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {Acer saccharinum} is the {rock maple}, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sugar maple — sugar maple, adj. any of several maples having a sweet sap, esp. Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture… …   Universalium

  • sugar maple — 1> бот. клен сахарный (Acer saccharum) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • sugar maple — бот. клён сахарный (Acer saccharum) (ботаника) клен сахарный (Acer saccharum) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • sugar maple — noun A North American hardwood, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring. Syn: hard maple, rock maple …   Wiktionary

  • maple syrup — noun Date: 1792 syrup made by concentrating the sap of maple trees and especially the sugar maple …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Maple syrup — is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees. In Canada and the United States it is most often eaten with waffles and pancakes. It is sometimes used as an ingredient in baking, the making of candy, preparing desserts, or as a sugar source and… …   Wikipedia

  • Maple sugar — is what remains after the sap of the sugar maple is boiled for longer than is needed to create maple syrup or maple taffy. [http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/pdfpubs/7036.pdf] Once almost all the water has been boiled off, all that is left is …   Wikipedia

  • Maple sugar — Maple Ma ple (m[=a] p l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[ o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {Acer saccharinum} is the {rock maple}, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English