1. A grove or plantation of sugar-maples.
1823. J. F. Cooper, Pioneers, xx. We will stop and see the sugar-bush or Billy Kirby.
1836. [Mrs. Traill], Backw. Canada, 315. The sap having been boiled down in the sugar-bush.
2. [Cape Du. suikerbos.] The South African shrub Protea mellifera.
1822. [see SUGAR-BIRD 3].
1880. Silvers S. Africa (ed. 3), 127. It covers extensive grounds associating with the Kreupelboom, the Sugar-bush and other shrubs.