sugar tree

noun

, Chiefly South Midland U.S.

1. a sugar maple.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar tree¹

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

Example Sentences

I had a sugar tree in my yard, which bloomed and bore seed which did not fall off through the summer.

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Soil on the West Fork, sandy; much timber,—an extensive tract of sugar tree; some prairies.

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The other glanced in the direction of the sugar-tree, raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, and returned to his fishing.

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But for the present these were intent upon the sugar-tree, and kept hurrying up the boy with the auger.

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His axe would flash and bite into a sugar-tree or sycamore, and down it would come.

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