DCHP-3

sugar tree †

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a maple tree, Acer saccharum, found in Canada from Lake Superior eastward and commercially valuable for its hard wood and for its sap, which is used in making maple sugar and syrup; also, its wood.

See: sugar maple(def. 1)

Quotations

1786
. . . amongst them none is more useful to the inhabitants, than a species of maple, distinguished by the name of the sugar tree. . . .
1832
. . . but where's the use of my telling you anything about it [preparing maple sugar], as you have no sugar trees at home.