sugarbush

[ shoog-er-boosh ]

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.

Origin of sugarbush

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; sugar + bush1

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British Dictionary definitions for sugar bush

sugar bush

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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