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sugar bush

sugar bush noun: an evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.

Noun

sugar bush (plural sugar bushes)

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

Forms of sugar bush

pluralsugar bushes

Origin of sugar bush

From sugar + bush.

Questions about sugar bush

What does sugar bush mean?
Sugar bush means an evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.
What part of speech is sugar bush?
Sugar bush is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar bush?
The plural of sugar bush is sugar bushes.

Words near sugar bush in the dictionary

  1. sugar boxes
  2. sugar bro
  3. sugar bros
  4. sugar brother
  5. sugar brothers
  6. sugar bush
  7. sugar bushes
  8. sugar candies
  9. sugar candy
  10. sugar cane
  11. sugar cane baton

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