bush
A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
Other meanings
A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
Synonyms
- shrub
A kind of
- woody plant
Kinds of bush
- joint fir
- blueberry root
- mountain grape
- allspice
- winter sweet
- spice bush
- pepper shrub
- impala lily
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "bush".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bush” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.