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HARD MAPLE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A maple of eastern North America having gray bark, 3- to 5- lobed leaves, flowers in nearly sessile corymbs, and hard close-grained wood that is much used for cabinet work especially in the curly-grained form and having sap that is the chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar.

OBS

Acer saccharum (H. Marshall), Acer saccharophorum (Karl H.E. Koch).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

[...] arbre pouvant atteindre 40 mètres, à bois dur, dont on tire l'eau d'érable qui, par évaporation, donne le sirop, la tire et le sucre d'érable.

OBS

Acer saccharum (H. Marshall), Acer saccharophorum (Karl H.E. Koch).

OBS

érable franche : Le terme érable est masculin, mais dans le registre populaire on a quelquefois tendance à l'utiliser au féminin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Árbol elevado, de hojas parecidas al plátano. Crece espontáneo en la zona templado-fría de América del Norte. Es maderable. Su savia, recogida a principios de primavera, se usa para obtener un azúcar muy estimada .

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