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ACER SACCHARUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acer saccharum mean? 

ACER SACCHARUM (noun)
  The noun ACER SACCHARUM has 1 sense:

1. 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 subspeciesplay

  Familiarity information: ACER SACCHARUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACER SACCHARUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acer saccharum; rock maple; sugar maple

Hypernyms ("Acer saccharum" is a kind of...):

maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)


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