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sugar maple: see maple Maple syrup is the concentrated sap obtained for commercial purposes from the sugar maple and the black maple. Sap flows intermittently for periods of up to six weeks in the spring, is caught in buckets, strained, and concentrated by boiling to a density of 11 lb (4. ..... Click the link for more information. . sugar maple a North American maple tree, Acer saccharum, that is grown as a source of sugar, which is extracted from the sap, and for its hard wood sugar maple [′shu̇g·ər ′mā·pəl] (botany) Acer saccharum.A commercially important species of maple tree recognized by its gray furrowed bark, sharp-pointed scaly winter buds, and symmetrical oval outline of the crown. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Maple syrup is made from the spring-running sap of Acer saccharum,
or the sugar maple tree.
Within the genus or family of maple trees, for instance, a red maple is
Acer rubrum and a sugar maple is Acer saccharum. Researchers kept up a running battle
over whether the western Oklahoma trees were Acer saccharum or Acer
grandidentatum, the bigtooth maple of the southern Rockies some 300
miles to the west. |
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