Meaning

1 senses
  1. The sugar maple, Acer saccharum.

More definitions
  • 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

Origin

From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.

From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.

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Forms

plural: rock maples
Singularrock maple
Pluralrock maples

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in 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:sugar mapleAcer saccharum

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