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.