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rock maple

noun

, New England.
  1. the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock maple1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

The first is in sap-time, when maple sugar is being made in the little shack on the borders of the rock-maple grove.

We will do what we can, though, to become acquainted with the rock maple, that we may be able to recognize it when we see it.

Other common names: The sugar maple is sometimes called rock maple or hard maple.

The tree was an ancient rock maple, its branches large but comparatively few in number.

Wood not as hard as rock maple, but strong, close-grained and brittle.

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