MAPLESYRUP

Maple syrup

Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. Maple trees can be tapped by boring holes into their trunks and collecting the exuded sap. The sap is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup.

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maple syrup

Noun

  1. Syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum
  2. Syrup flavored with artificial maple flavoring; though legally in the United States cannot be labelled as such when for sale.


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