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ˈsugar-bush
1. A grove or plantation of sugar-maples.
1823Cooper Pioneers xx, We will stop and see the ‘sugar-bush’ of Billy Kirby. 1836C. P. Traill Backw. Canada 315 The sap having been boiled down in the sugar-bush. 1842[see eighty 2 c]. 1896Vermont Agric. Rep. XV. 38 Does the location of a sugar bush determine the quality of the sugar? 1950N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Apr. 46/2 ‘Sugar bush’ is rarely heard in New Jersey, but in Pennsylvania it is the normal term. 1973L. Russell Everyday Life Colonial Canada xi. 144 The settler who would exploit his grove of maple trees or ‘sugar-bush’ cleared narrow roads through the woods.
2. [Cape Du. suikerbos.] The South African shrub Protea mellifera; also, any of several other species of Protea rich in nectar. Cf. protea.
1822[see sugar-bird 3]. a1823J. Ewart Jrnl. (1970) ii. 14 The Protea of Linn[æus] called by the colonists the sugar bush, from the quantity of sweet juices the large and beautiful flowers contain. 1880Silver's S. Africa (ed. 3) 127 It covers extensive grounds..associating with the Kreupel⁓boom, the Sugar-bush and other shrubs. 1931V. Sampson Kom Binne 28 The wild arums, the sugar-bush goblets of pink or cream. 1970M. Muller Cloud across Moon 239 The masses of white and pink sugar bushes were covered with nearly opened sticky, stiff flowers.
3. U.S. An evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, native to southwestern North America and bearing yellow flowers followed by dark red berries.
1900West Amer. Sci. X. 61 The Sugar-bush is a handsome evergreen shrub. 1931G. H. Vansell Nectar & Pollen Plants California 49 Sugar bush..of coastal southern California blossoms in winter. 1949Nature Mag. Nov. 424/1 There is the gray of some manzanitas, the silver of white sage, the dark green of sugar bush. 1982M. Millar Mermaid vi. 57 Drought-resistant native plants like ceanothus and sugar-bush. |