sugarbush en · NOUN
Etymology
From sugar + bush, in reference to the sugary maple sap.
Meanings
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(Canada, US) A wooded area with sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugaring.
Then rough lean-tos and later huts were constructed near the sugarbush to offer some protection to the syrup and the boiler.
2006, Elaine Elliot, Maple Syrup http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN088780697X&id=vt4_fhFTbt8C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=BmfhDZmEgM&dq=sugarbush+maple&sig=lW6_ddQPMID-HehrnePAt3p7llA#PPA1,M1Indeed, 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).
1999, U.S. Congress, NOx State Implementation Plans: hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0160606748&id=zB0xrjRFjT8C&q=sugarbush+maple&dq=sugarbush+maple&pgis=1Many a small family farm in Vermont had a sugarbush back in the day.
2001, Howard Paap, Northern Land: Life with the Ojibwe http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1878569783&id=E49tv0IUbzwC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&ots=NgTARD3OW6&dq=sugarbush+maple&sig=Jd72oibGUPlSUo6EOGJfaOvspgM The labor I offer in my friends' sugarbush is strenuous, but it brings a welcome fatigue.
Meronyms: sugarhouse, sugar shack
In some 21st-century sugarbushes, plastic tubing conveys the sap to the sugarhouse.
- Protea repens (common sugarbush)
- Protea spp.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sugarbushes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
narrow-leaf sugarbush · bishop sugarbush · Wentzel's sugarbush · Drakensberg sugarbush · Visgat sugarbush · Hottentot sugarbush · Ceres sugarbush · frosted sugarbush · leafy sugarbush · krantz sugarbush · strap-leaf sugarbush · Chimanimani sugarbush · gray-leaf sugarbush · dainty sugarbush · Transvaal sugarbush · cloud sugarbush · groove-leaf sugarbush · broad-leaf sugarbush · Kouga sugarbush · brown-beard sugarbush · woodland sugarbush · queen sugarbush · mountain-rose sugarbush · waterlily sugarbush · forest sugarbush · common sugarbush · smooth-leaf sugarbush · Ladismith sugarbush · bashful sugarbush · sulphur sugarbush · Inyanga sugarbush · reed-leaf sugarbush · limestone sugarbush · common shuttlecock sugarbush · Burchell's sugarbush · thong-leaf sugarbush · dwarf grassland sugarbush · Clanwilliam sugarbush · tooth-leaf sugarbush · black-beard sugarbush · lance-leaf sugarbush · African sugarbush · stink-leaf sugarbush · channel-leaf sugarbush · Barberton sugarbush · hart's-tongue-fern sugarbush · tall woodland sugarbush · large-leaf sugarbush · saw-edge sugarbush · Marloth's sugarbush · rolled-leaf sugarbush · rocket sugarbush · red sugarbush · swan sugarbush · hoary sugarbush · saddleback sugarbush · Kamiesberg sugarbush · blackrim sugarbush · rough-leaf sugarbush · tenacious sugarbush · Swartberg sugarbush · green sugarbush · sickle-leaf sugarbush · large-nut sugarbush · sandpaper-leaf sugarbush · thistle sugarbush · Bot River sugarbush · Ladysmith sugarbush · dwarf savanna sugarbush · long-leaf sugarbush · tufted sugarbush · Blyde sugarbush · water sugarbush · arid sugarbush · hidden sugarbush · Kleinmond sugarbush · silver sugarbush · common ground sugarbush
Relateds
sugar shack · sugar bush · sugarhouse · maple syrup · wood lot
Translations (1)
fr érablière (grove of maples)
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