A woody plant smaller than a tree; spec. in Botany a perennial plant having several woody stems growing from the same root.

A bush. Obsolete exc. dialect.

A shrub, particularly one with close branches arising from or near the ground; a small clump of shrubs apparently forming one plant.

Extended to include bushes or shrubs of erect growth and having a single stem; and even some perennial herbaceous plants which grow to a great…

A low stunted tree. Cf. shrub, n.1

A bush; = bush, n.1 1a.

A twig; a branch lopped off; also, occasionally a bush or low tree. dialect.

A bush or shrub; a set of young shoots; a branch or twig.

A bushy mass of vegetation, esp. ivy.

Originally: a bush, branch, or twig, esp. one used to catch birds. In later use (English regional): a stem of a climbing or scrambling plant.

A plant having a woody stem, but smaller than a tree; a shrub.