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Definition of Acer saccharum
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acer Saccharum
Literary usage of Acer saccharum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... THE SUGAR MAPLE (acer saccharum) This tree leads all the other maples—it is
the reliable, conservative member of the family. ..."
2. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"(acer saccharum) A large, splendid forest tree, 80 to 120 feet high; red in autumn.
Wood hard, strong, tough and heavy but not durable. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"acer saccharum var. nigrum Britton, Trans. NY Acad. Sci. 9: 10. 1889. A tree,
nearly or quite as large as the Sugar Maple, with rough, blackish bark. ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"Frequency indices for secondary species only acer saccharum seedlings 92 Clintonia
borealis 7 Fagus grandifolia seedlings 74 Streptopus longipes 5 ..."
5. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"(acer saccharum) A large, splendid forest tree, 80 to 120 feet high; red in autumn.
Wood hard, strong, tough and heavy but not durable. ..."
6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"These flats form the lower limit of acer saccharum, which is common on higher
ground. ... The sugar maple, acer saccharum, and beech, Fagus americana, ..."
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