English

Noun

sugarbush ‎(plural sugarbushes)

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

     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

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

   • 2006, Elaine Elliot, Maple Syrup

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

Related terms

• sugar shack

See also

• maple syrup