Acer (maple), Gorosoe(Mono Maple) Sap, elixir

Park Jin-Hee for the International Herald Tribune

Hadong Journal

In South Korea, Drinks Are on the Maple

By CHOE SANG-HUN

For centuries, Korean villagers have been drinking the sap of the gorosoe, or “tree good for the bones.”

Gorosoe(Mono Maple) Sap


The forests of southern Korea yield a prized elixir ...
Feb 24, 2009 ... And that's what gorosoe lovers from the outside do when they visit ... Drinking

elixir Hide phonetics
noun [C usually singular] LITERARY
a substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve or preserve:
It's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= something to make you live longer/stay young).




gorosoe has long been a springtime ritual for villagers in ...

Acer (maple) is a genus of trees or shrubs. They are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or (together with the Hippocastanaceae) included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favour inclusion in Sapindaceae. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia,^{[citation needed]} but several species also occur in Europe, northern Africa, and North America.

The word Acer is derived from a Latin word meaning "sharp" (referring to the characteristic points on the leaves) and was first applied to the genus by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1700. The type species of the genus is Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore Maple).^[1]

n. - 楓, 淡棕色, 楓木

idioms:

• maple syrup 楓蜜, 糖楓汁

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カエデ, モミジ

idioms:

• maple syrup かえで糖蜜