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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar bush

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
sug-ar bush
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.

noun

A wooded area with sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugaring.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sugar + bush.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sugar bushes (plural)

Phrases

sugar shack maple syrup

Frequently Paired Words

sugarhouse sugar shack maple syrup sugarbush

Questions

What does sugar bush mean?
An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.
Where does sugar bush come from?
From sugar + bush.

How to pronounce sugar bush

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