sugar tree

a sugar maple.

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orchard

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

The other glanced in the direction of the sugar-tree, raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, and returned to his fishing.
Audrey|Mary Johnston
But for the present these were intent upon the sugar-tree, and kept hurrying up the boy with the auger.
A Boy's Town|W. D. Howells
His axe would flash and bite into a sugar-tree or sycamore, and down it would come.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln|Francis Fisher Browne
The timber is generally ash and maple; except the cedars of the cliffs, the sugar-tree, and ash.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley

The great bulk of these lands are what are generally denominated 'beech and sugar-tree lands.'
Old Mackinaw|W. P. Strickland.