maple-syrup

maple syrup

noun
1.
a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
2.
a commercial variety of such syrup, often mixed with cane sugar or some other sweetening agent.
Origin:
1840–50

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maple syrup
 
—n
a very sweet syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple

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