sugarbush

See also: sugar bush

English

Etymology

sugar +‎ bush, in reference to the sugary maple sap.

Noun

sugarbush (plural sugarbushes)

1. A grove of maple trees.
   • 1999, U.S. Congress, NOx State Implementation Plans: hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety [1]

     Indeed, acid rain has long been pointed to as the culprit in the diminished productivity and value of northern Maine and Vermont sugarbush (maple syrup producing trees).

   • 2001, Howard Paap, Northern Land: Life with the Ojibwe [2]

     The labor I offer in my friends' sugarbush is strenuous, but it brings a welcome fatigue.

   • 2006, Elaine Elliot, Maple Syrup [3]

     Then rough lean-tos and later huts were constructed near the sugarbush to offer some protection to the syrup and the boiler.

Translations

grove of maples

• French: érablière (fr) f
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Related terms

• sugar shack

See also

• maple syrup