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SUGAR MAPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sugar maple mean?
• SUGAR MAPLE (noun)
The noun SUGAR MAPLE has 1 sense:
1. maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
Familiarity information: SUGAR MAPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acer saccharum; rock maple; sugar maple
Hypernyms ("sugar maple" is a kind of...):
maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)
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