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sugarbush

sugarbush

1 6.8
A group of sugar maple trees used to make syrup
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʊɡərˌbʌʃ/
  • US
: plantación de arce azucarero
  • Volunteers helped tap the trees in the sugarbush before the festival began.
  • sugarbush maple
  • sugarbush syrup

Examples

  • Many sugarbushes are located in Vermont.

  • The sugarbush was filled with tall, healthy maple trees, ready to be tapped for syrup production.

  • Every spring, families visit the sugarbush to see how maple syrup is made.

  • The old sugarbush on their property has produced syrup for generations.

  • The sugarbush is thriving this year.

  • During the spring, many families visit the sugarbush to collect sap for making maple syrup.

  • At the sugarbush, visitors learned about the traditional techniques used to harvest sap from sugar maples.

Synonyms

plantation
vssugarbush
1 3.7

An area where trees are planted in rows to form a small wood

is a narrower cultivated stand grown to make syrup from specific maple trees

How Big

forest
904 1.0
sugarbush
  • US
1 6.8
woodlot
  • US
2 3.8
stand
  • Specialized
16 5.5
patch
178 2.7

Surface Forms

sugarbush singular
sugarbushes plural

Morphology

sugarbush = sugar + bush (transparent) = sugar + bush

A straightforward compound meaning a stand of sugar-producing (maple) trees; the parts directly indicate the concept.

Etymology

Sugarbush is a clear compound of sugar and bush and names a group of sugar maple trees where people collect the sweet sap to make maple syrup. So a sugarbush is literally a place of trees that give 'sugar' for syrup.