bush
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- noun
- /bʊʃ/
- Planted with over 5,000 rose bushes, this garden virtually resonates with color and perfume.
- trees and bushes
- rose bush
- burning bush
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- I've used it to maybe trim some bushes and trees for fun.
Examples
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As the coach rumbled on, he scrambled between the holly bush and the vine-strewn wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
After hiding the basket in a thick bush, she pulled up her sweater and hunkered down.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the bushes right over there.
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I just cut my hand on a pricker bush.
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Why are you lurking behind the bushes?
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Large trees rise up into the sky, with numerous bushes and ivies flowing beneath.
Academic text (2005) -
Plant perennial flowers, hardy bushes, vines, and trees to obtain a relatively permanent hummingbird garden.
Academic text (1999) -
The children played hide-and-seek, and one of them managed to hide behind a large bush.
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As we walked through the garden, we admired the colorful flowers growing next to the bush.
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The bird built its nest in a dense bush near the edge of the yard.
Synonyms
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A low plant with hard stems that has several main branches and is smaller than a tree
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A bush that grows roses
3
2.9
A bush with many sharp points that often forms a thick barrier
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2.3
A woody bush that grows small edible berries on prickly stems
1
3.8
A plant with hard stems, like a tree or shrub
1
8.2
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
1
8.6
A shrub or small tree with round clusters of small white flowers that grows near water
1
9.9
A scented desert shrub with brittle stems, yellow flowers, and a sticky resin used in incense
1
8.7
A small bush with purple flowers that grows in parts of Australia
1
7.6
A shrub or small tree with feathery flowers that look like puffs of smoke
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7.4
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
1
6.9
A shrub with bright red or orange leaves that gardeners plant to add color to gardens
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5.6
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
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7.9
A very small woody bush that stays low to the ground
A small tree or shrub that has white flowers and small dark berries
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
A shrub from eastern Australia with leaves like needles and white flowers
Compounds
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The United States government led by President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009
- Specialized
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9.1
A plant with white flowers that gives off a gas that can burn in hot weather
- South African
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8.4
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
- Slang
1
8.9
A low-level baseball league often used to describe something of lower quality
1
9.8
A desert shrub with sticky leaves that have a strong smell and small yellow flowers
- Literature
1
7.4
An evergreen shrub that grows in dry places with small thin leaves and berries
1
6.2
A small bush from North America with pretty leaves, flowers, and bright fruit
- UK
1
6.2
A loose jacket like a shirt with four pockets and a belt that people wear in hot places
- Australian
1
8.2
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
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4.6
A North American shrub with leaves in three parts that makes bright red berries
- US
1
9.5
An evergreen bush with small clustered flowers that spreads in the southwestern United States
- Australian
1
8.0
An evergreen shrub with many daisy-like flowers and sometimes fragrant leaves grown in gardens
- US
1
9.9
A scented desert shrub with brittle stems, yellow flowers, and a sticky resin used in incense
1
7.4
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
- South African
1
9.6
A small tree from South Africa with yellow flowers that grows near streams
- US
1
7.1
A small bush from eastern North America with leaves that have a strong smell and red or yellow berries
1
6.9
A shrub with bright red or orange leaves that gardeners plant to add color to gardens
1
8.1
A low bush that grows along the ground and makes small dark berries like blackberries
1
5.6
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
- US
1
8.9
A scented shrub with many small yellow flowers that people use to make yellow dye
- Specialized
1
9.5
A plant with leaves in three parts and clusters of yellow or purple flowers
1
8.9
A small garden plant with deep yellow flowers that stays compact and blooms all summer
1
7.3
A North American shrub or small tree with three-lobed leaves and clusters of red berries
- US
1
7.5
A thorny plant from tropical America with yellow fragrant flowers used to make perfume
- Specialized
A bush that loses its leaves in winter with fragrant leaves, yellow flowers, and red or yellow berries
- South African
A small bright African bird with a black face and a musical song
- UK
A European climbing plant with thin stems and purple flowers often growing as a weed in hedges
The United States government led by President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993
- US
An evergreen shrub also called mountain laurel, with glossy leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in North America
A short upright plant that grows large glossy purple eggplants used as a vegetable
A bush with white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
- US
An evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and pink flower clusters that grows in the southeastern United States
- US
An evergreen shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for gardens or as a houseplant
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Etymology
Bush comes from an old Germanic word meaning a 'thicket' or 'brush', and it is the same root you see in brush and bushy. So a bush is a small woody plant with many stems, like a natural 'brush'.