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maple syrup

a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, especially the sugar maple.
See also: maple molasses molasses syrup taffy (def. 2) treacle
- 1703 (1905) [. . . a Syrup of Maple beat up with water. . . .]
- 1849 They . . . brought us . . . a present of butter, and buck-wheat cakes, and a bottle of maple syrup.
- 1921 The fare consisted of ham . . . slapjacks, known as "Rocky Mountain dead shot," in maple syrup that never saw a maple tree and was black as a pot. . . .
- 1965 Ontario maple syrup production dropped from 500,000 gallons in 1942 to 125,000 gallons in 1964.