sugar bush

noun

An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.

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Meanings

nounsugar bush (plural sugar bushes)

plural sugar bushes

  1. An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.
  2. CanadaUSA 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

Origin

From sugar + bush.

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APA

sugar bush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20bush

MLA

“sugar bush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20bush. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar bush,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20bush.

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