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sugarbush

American  
[shoog-er-boosh] / ˈʃʊg ərˌbʊʃ /

noun

  1. an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.

  2. an orchard or grove of sugar maples.


Etymology

Origin of sugarbush

First recorded in 1795–1805; sugar + bush 1

Example Sentences

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Utah’s Snowbird is expanding its pool van service to get employees to the mountain, and Sugarbush in Vermont, which has among the lowest unemployment rates in the country, is hiring more foreign college students.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2019

Sugarbush has also been increasing its employee housing over the past several years, according to Bleh.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2019

"Doris had a wonderful jazz vibrato voice and could have been one of the top jazz singers," said Frankie Laine, who sang a duet with Day on Sugarbush.

From BBC • May 13, 2019

The locals appreciated the Sugarbush owners’ new focus.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2016

Billy was brought down Sugarbush Mountain on a toboggan.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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