Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder,
         mapol;
   akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra,
         mazzoltra, G.
   massholder.] (Bot.)
   A tree of the
         genus Acer, including about
         fifty species.
   Acer saccharinum is the rock maple,
         or sugar maple,
  
         from the sap of which sugar is made,
         in the United States, in
   great quantities, by
         evaporation; the red
         maple or swamp
         maple is {Acer
         rubrum}; the silver
         maple, Acer
         dasycarpum, having
         fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, {Acer
         Pennsylvanium}, called also moosewood. The
   common
         maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
  
         maple} is Acer
         Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple
         is
   Acer
         platanoides.
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   Note:
         Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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   Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple,
         varieties of the wood of
      the rock maple, in which a
         beautiful lustrous grain is
      produced by the sinuous
         course of the fibers.

   Maple honey, Maple molasses,
         Maple syrup, or
         Maple sirup, maple
         sap boiled to the
         consistency of molasses.

   Maple sugar, sugar obtained
         from the sap of the sugar maple
      by evaporation.
    
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