sugar-bush

sug·ar·bush

[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:
1795–1805; sugar + bush1

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sugar-bush

noun
evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits 
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