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curly maple

• 1 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 also: curled maple (def. 1)  sugar maple (def. 1)  

  • 1827  (1829)  Let the local names be given, as prickly ash, spotted alder, pitch pine, curly maple. . . .
  • 1883  He has also on these limits an immense quantity of bird's eye maple and curly maple.
  • 1956  "Curly" and "Bird's-eye" maple . . . are unusual forms occasionally met with.

• 2 the wavy-grained wood of this tree, much valued for furniture making and interior finish.

  See also: curled maple (def. 2)  

  • 1828  The subscriber is willing to contract for any quantity of . . . curly maple lumber. . . .
  • 1952  [Caption] Body and drawer are handcarved from a block of curly maple.