sugar bush

See also: sugarbush

English

Etymology

sugar +‎ bush

Noun

sugar bush (plural sugar bushes)

1. An evergreen shrub found in south-western United States of America, Rhus ovata.
2. (Canada, US) A forest of sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugar.
   • 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.