Rock maple
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- 2 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 wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
From the hardness of its wood relative to the wood of other maples.