sugar tree
nounChiefly South Midland U.S.
a sugar maple.
Origin of sugar tree
1An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use sugar tree in a sentence
I had a sugar tree in my yard, which bloomed and bore seed which did not fall off through the summer.
Soil on the West Fork, sandy; much timber,—an extensive tract of sugar tree; some prairies.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. PeckThe other glanced in the direction of the sugar-tree, raised his eyebrows, shrugged his shoulders, and returned to his fishing.
Audrey | Mary JohnstonBut for the present these were intent upon the sugar-tree, and kept hurrying up the boy with the auger.
A Boy's Town | W. D. HowellsHis axe would flash and bite into a sugar-tree or sycamore, and down it would come.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln | Francis Fisher Browne
Browse