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hard maple

n.
The hard, heavy wood of any of several maples, especially a sugar maple.
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sug′ar ma`ple


n.
any of several maples having a sweet sap, esp. Acer saccharum, yielding a valuable hard wood and being the chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar.
[1725–35, Amer.]
sug′ar-ma`ple, adj.
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