sugar maple

noun

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

Similar
hard maplerock mapleAcer saccharum
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Meanings

nounsugar maple (plural sugar maples)

plural sugar maples · alternative sugar-maple

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

    Residents love this trail because of its wet coolness in the summer; its bright orange sugar maples in autumn, the contrast of green pines and white snow in the winter.

    2024 December 6, Mackenzie Farkus, Brooke Holder, Nate Iglehart, Jacob Posner, Sophie Ungerleider, “Record drought and blazes? The US Northeast awakens to new wildfire risks.”, in The Christian Science Monitor

    Synonyms: hard maple, rock maple

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
hard maplerock maple

More synonyms by meaning

nounmaple 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

Similar
rock mapleAcer saccharum
Broader
maple
Also see
rock maple

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian захарен клен
  • захарен клен (zaharen klen)Acer saccharum
Esperanto sukeracero
  • sukeraceroAcer saccharum
Finnish sokerivaahtera
  • sokerivaahteraAcer saccharum
French érable à sucre
  • érable à sucreAcer saccharum
German Zuckerahorn
  • ZuckerahornAcer saccharum
Hebrew אדר הסוכר
  • אדר הסוכר (eder hasukar)Acer saccharum
Hungarian cukorjuhar
  • cukorjuharAcer saccharum
Japanese サトウカエデ, 砂糖楓
  • サトウカエデ (satō kaede)Acer saccharum
  • 砂糖楓 (satō kaede)Acer saccharum
Korean 설탕단풍
  • 설탕단풍 (seoltangdanpung)Acer saccharum
Polish klon cukrowy
  • klon cukrowyAcer saccharum
Russian клён са́харный
  • клён са́харный (kljon sáxarnyj)Acer saccharum
Swahili mwaramoni sukari
  • mwaramoni sukariAcer saccharum
Welsh masarnen siwgwr
  • masarnen siwgwrAcer saccharum
Cite this entry
APA

sugar maple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20maple

MLA

“sugar maple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20maple. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar maple,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20maple.

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