sugar bush

See also: sugarbush

English

Etymology

From sugar +‎ bush.

Noun

sugar bush (plural sugar bushes)

  2. An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.
  4. (Canada, US) A wooded area with sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugaring.
    Alternative form: sugarbush
    • 1851, Executive Documents, v 1, n 1, Washington DC: United States Senate, p 93:
      The lake abounds with the choicest species of fish, and in the vicinity are found sugar bushes and rice fields.

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