Sugar Maple

Definition: Sugar Maple

Sugar Maple

Noun

1. Maple of eastern and central North America having 3- to 5-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.

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Synonym: Sugar Maple

Crosswords: Sugar Maple

Books

• The Sugar Maple (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Farmstead with sugar maple tree in foreground. Credit: USDA.

Walter Gaylord adjusting cover on bucket that catches the sap from sugar maple tree from which is made maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees bec. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pipe line, through which sap runs to sugar house. The sap from sugar maple trees is piped into the house where it is boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. Walter Gaylord place. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually. Credit: Library of Congress.

Son of Walter Gaylord gathering sap from sugar maple trees which is to be boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unu. Credit: Library of Congress.

The hired man on Frank H. Shurtleff farm gathering maple sap from sugar maple trees to make syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syr. Credit: Library of Congress.

Frank H. Shurtleff carrying vat to sugar house where sap from sugar maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts timber and has been ma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Young daughter of Frank H. Shurtleff going towards the sugar house where sap from sugar maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts l. Credit: Library of Congress.

Young son of Frank H. Shurtleff driving sled with vat of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into maple syrup. Te Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and h. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tapped sugar maple with buckets of sap on Frank Shurtleff's farm. North Bridgewater, Vermont. He usually taps about 2000 trees, but this year he only tapped 1000 because of deep snow. Sugaring generally brings him about one thousand dollars annually, but. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bear Mountain, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Fern Rock, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. The sign reads, "I am sweet; they call me sugar maple". Credit: Library of Congress.

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Bulgarian 

захарен клен. (various references)

Danish

sukkerloen (hard maple, rock maple), sukkerahorn (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

Dutch

suikeresdoorn (hard maple, rock maple), suikerahorn (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

Finnish

sokerivaahtera (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

French

érable d'Amérique du Nord, érable à sucre. (various references)

German

Zuckerahorn (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

Italian

acero zuccherino (hard maple, rock maple), acero canadese. (various references)

Manx

billey y chugyr (sugar maple tree). (various references)

Mohawk

wahtha (sugar maple tree). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugarsay aplemay

Portuguese

bordo sacarino (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

Swedish

sockerlönn (hard maple, rock maple). (various references)

Turkish

akçaağaç (acer, Alder, maple). (various references)

Acer saccharum. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: earplugs, graupels, plaguers, plumages, rampages.

-3 letters: alarums, alegars, ampules, earlaps, earplug, grampus, graupel, gulpers, laagers, lampers, lumpers, maulers, palmers, perusal, plaguer, plagues, pleuras, plumage, rampage, rumples, sampler, serumal, splurge.

-4 letters: aglare, agleam, alarms, alarum, alegar, algums, almugs, ampler, ampule, ampuls, amuser, argals, argles, argues, asarum, augers, earlap, galeas, gamers, gapers, gasper, glares, gleams.

+2 letters: rampageously.

+4 letters: suprasegmental.