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Definition of Rock maple
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Rock maple
1. Noun. The sugar maple, ''Acer saccharum''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Maple
Literary usage of Rock maple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"rock maple—Amount of Wood cut from one in Blanford.—Curious method of distinguishing
it from the River Maple.—Amount and Value of the Sugar in Massachusetts ..."
2. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"rock maple—Amount of Wood cut from one in Blanford.—Curious method of distinguishing
it from the River Maple.—Amount and Value of the Sugar in Massachusetts ..."
3. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"SUGAR MAPLE, rock maple OR HARD MAPLE. (Acer saccharum) A large, splendid forest
tree, 80 to 120 feet high; red in autumn. Wood hard, strong, tough and ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1867)
"The most valuable tree, all things considered, for this and almost every other
purpose, is the rock maple. It is native to our climate ; it is easily found ..."
5. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"rock maple, Hard Maple, Bird's-eye Maple, Amer.; Acero del Canada, ... the black
Sugar Tree, or rock maple, ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"known also an the rock maple, is when young а beautifully shaped tree; but when
older ... The foliage of the rock maple consists of strongly heart-shaped, ..."
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