Definition of Sugar maple

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.

Exact synonyms: Acer Saccharum, Rock Maple
Generic synonyms: Maple

Definition of Sugar maple

1. Noun. A North American hardwood, ''Acer saccharum'', famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar Maple

sugar corn
sugar cube
sugar cubes
sugar daddies
sugar daddy
sugar diabetes
sugar glider
sugar gliders
sugar high
sugar house
sugar loaf
sugar loaves
sugar mamas
sugar maple (current term)
sugar maples
sugar mice
sugar mill
sugar mouse
sugar of lead
sugar of milk
sugar off
sugar palm
sugar paper
sugar papers
sugar parent
sugar pea
sugar peas
sugar pill

Literary usage of Sugar maple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The second beetle mentioned is known as the sugar maple borer. _ Consult Bailey, <Standard Cyclopaedia of Horticulture* (New York). ..."

2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"302, nlso Bl. sugar maple, pg. 304, scarcely east of long. 73° south to n. Ala. Miss, and Ark., also Red Maple, pg. 308. east only to NS west to Daks, ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"The sugar maple is rich in potash, furnishing a large proportion of this ... In the Eastern States of North America the sugar maple is regarded as the best ..."

4. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1911)
"... the chief examples of which are cane-sugar (sucrose), beet-sugar, maple-sugar, malt-sugar (maltose), and milk- sugar (lactose) ; (2) the glucoses, ..."

5. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"In the eastern states of North America the sugar maple is regarded as the best tree for shade- avenues. Numerous other Maples exist, among which as the ..."

6. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1917)
"... the chief examples of which are cane-sugar (sucrose), beet-sugar, maple-sugar, malt-sugar (maltose), and milk- sugar (lactose); (2) the glucoses, ..."

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