rock maple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rock maple
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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It was only a tree, a gnarled rock maple that stood for generations on the Tenney farm, and somehow survived what happened there on that September night in 1964.
From New York Times • May 27, 2021
And not insignificantly, the gymnasium also had a floor of hard, or rock, maple.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2017
Murray, with 125 employees and a payroll of $4,500 had an annual production of 7,000,000 wooden heels for women's shoes, cut from rock maple.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rock maple is indigenous to the soil; and the Indians have long been in the habit of making sugar from its sap.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)
Slow-growing, strong to resist damage by storm, clean in habit and beautiful the year round—this is our splendid rock maple.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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