hard maple


hard maple

n. The hard, heavy wood of any of several maples, especially a sugar maple.

sug′ar ma`ple


n. any of several maples having a sweet sap, esp. Acer saccharum, yielding a valuable hard wood and being the chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar. [1725–35, Amer.] sug′ar-ma`ple, adj.