sugar maple

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Acer saccharintem.) A handsome forest tree from 50 to 80 feet high, from the sap of which is made the well known maple sugar. The wood is valuable for fuel; and accidental varieties of it are the birds-eye maple and curled maple of cabinet makers.--Dr. Torrey, in Nat. Hist. of New York.

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