A kind of maple, Acer nigrum, of the central and eastern United States and south-east Canada, which is closely related to the sugar maple and similarly used for timber and syrup production; (formerly also) †the sugar maple, A. saccharum (obsolete).
Origin
Mid 18th century.
Definition of black maple in US English:
black maple
noun
A kind of maple, Acer nigrum, of the central and eastern United States and south-east Canada, which is closely related to the sugar maple and similarly used for timber and syrup production; (formerly also) †the sugar maple, A. saccharum (obsolete).