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a tree that bleeds sugar and demands you boil 40 gallons for one of syrup
means A deciduous tree of the genus Acer, known for its lobed leaves, winged seeds, and sap that can be boiled down into syrup and sugar.
from From Old English mapel or mapul, used in compounds like mapeltreow, 'maple tree.' Its deeper roots are Germanic and a bit murky, possibly tied to words for the tree across the old northern tongues, though the trail goes cold before it gets anywhere certain. The genus name Acer is Latin for 'maple,' a word that also meant 'sharp'—fittingly, since the wood was prized for spears and the leaves come to keen points.
- sap ratio
- 40 gallons of sap make 1 gallon syrup
- helicopter seeds
- winged samaras spin to fly far from parent
- national flag
- its leaf anchors Canada's flag
- prime timber
- hard maple builds bowling alleys and basketball courts
- fall arsonist
- leaves blaze red from trapped sugars in autumn
sugar maple — produces ~80% of world's maple syrup, primarily in quebec canada
japanese maple — ornamental tree native to japan, korea, and russia with red or purple foliage
red maple — most abundant hardwood tree in eastern north america, changes color dramatically in fall