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sugar maple

noun

any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.

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Words nearby sugar maple

sugar grove, sugar gum, sugar loaf, sugar loaf mountain, sugar mama, sugar maple, sugar of lead, sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar palm, sugar pea

Origin of sugar maple

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

OTHER WORDS FROM sugar maple

sug·ar-ma·ple, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for sugar maple

sugar maple

noun

a North American maple tree, Acer saccharum, that is grown as a source of sugar, which is extracted from the sap, and for its hard wood
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