Meaning

1 senses
  1. A North American hardwood tree, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring; the wood from such a tree.

    Zuckerahorn

    клён са́харныйkljon sáxarnyj

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

Translations

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Forms

plural: sugar maples

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:rock mapleAcer saccharum

Word family

7 related words

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