| sugar maple 
 
 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 (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 rock maple, Acer saccharum
 • Hypernyms:
 maple
 
 
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