maple grove DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a grove of sugar maples.
See also: sugar bush
- 1877  A large quantity of maple sugar is made in the eastern townships, and is an article of considerable value to the manufacturers or proprietors of a maple grove.
- 1947  "As soon as the sap begins to rise, the squaws betake themselves in families . . . to maple groves, or sugar bushes, as they are called."