sugar bush

British  

noun

1. an anacardiaceous evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of S California and Arizona, having pale oval leaves, spikes of yellow-tinged red flowers, and deep red fruits

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sugar bush

We also passed dense stands of thick-leaved yerba santa, California buckwheat, sugar bush and chilicothe vines and we were treated to the squawks of California scrub jays and a red-tail hawk flying overhead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

There’s a scent garden filled with fragrant sages created by landscape designer Margaret Oakley Otto, tall sugar bush and toyon shrubs covered with berries and the dried remains of summer’s wildflowers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

Time is of the essence in the "sugar bush."

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

She also recounts episodes of driving out to a sugar bush, "an area where maple trees grow and syrup is tapped from them and processed."

From Fox News ● Dec. 10, 2021

“No, it’s let—the fields and pasture and sugar bush for the debt. The house and shed we’ll just leave be. I hope the snow don’t do in the roofs.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson