sugar maple

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An eastern North American maple tree (Acer saccharum) having leaves usually with five lobes and sap that is the source of maple syrup and maple sugar.
• noun The hard, heavy wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking and for furniture and flooring.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See maple and Acer (with cut).
• noun See maple.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A North American hardwood, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies