sugar maple

noun

any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially 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 and being the chief source of maple sugar.

Origin of sugar maple

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

OTHER WORDS FROM sugar maple

sugar-maple, adjective

Words nearby sugar maple

sugaring, sugaring off, sugarloaf, Sugarloaf Mountain, sugar mama, sugar maple, sugar of lead, sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea, sugar pie

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Example sentences from the Web for sugar maple

The growth of timber is very fine; the trees are beech, sugar-maple, and sycamore.
The Americans as They Are|Charles Sealsfield
Maple sugar and syrup are made in those areas of the country where the sugar-maple tree flourishes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
Its banks are shaded by the sugar-maple and poplar, and it is surrounded by fertile plains, which produce the rice of Canada.
The World of Waters|Mrs. David Osborne
Long stretched before us the island of St. Joseph's, with its fair woods of sugar-maple.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli

The sugar-maple leaf you send is well pressed, and beautifully varnished.
Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sugar maple

sugar maple

noun

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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单词	sugar maple
释义	sugar maple noun any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially 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 and being the chief source of maple sugar. Origin of sugar maple An Americanism dating back to 1725–35 OTHER WORDS FROM sugar maple sugar-maple, adjective Words nearby sugar maple sugaring, sugaring off, sugarloaf, Sugarloaf Mountain, sugar mama, sugar maple, sugar of lead, sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea, sugar pie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sugar maple The growth of timber is very fine; the trees are beech, sugar-maple, and sycamore. The Americans as They Are\|Charles Sealsfield Maple sugar and syrup are made in those areas of the country where the sugar-maple tree flourishes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2\|Various Its banks are shaded by the sugar-maple and poplar, and it is surrounded by fertile plains, which produce the rice of Canada. The World of Waters\|Mrs. David Osborne Long stretched before us the island of St. Joseph's, with its fair woods of sugar-maple. At Home And Abroad\|Margaret Fuller Ossoli The sugar-maple leaf you send is well pressed, and beautifully varnished. Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880\|Various British Dictionary definitions for sugar maple sugar maple noun 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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