bushnoun
uk/bʊʃ/us/bʊʃ/bush noun (PLANT)
B2 [ C ] a plant with many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, giving the plant a rounded shape:
a rose bush
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- a rhododendron bush
- a lavender bush
- She pulled the bush out of the ground with a sharp jerk.
- She saw him coming and crouched down behind a bush.
- Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote vigorous growth in the spring.
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Bushes & shrubs
- bramble
- briar
- brier
- broom
- brush
- camellia
- gorse
- heather
- hibiscus
- huckleberry
- hydrangea
- lilac
- privet
- raspberry
- redcurrant
- rhododendron
- rosemary
- shrub
- shrubbery
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bush noun (AREA OF LAND)
the bush C2 [ S ]
(especially in Australia and Africa) an area of land covered with bushes and trees that has never been used for growing crops and where there are very few people
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Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- Bushman
- common
- desert
- dust bowl
- marginal land
- moor
- moorland
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- scrub
- steppe
- sward
- tall-grass prairie
- the outback
- tundra
- undeveloped
- waste
- wasteland
- wild
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bush noun (HAIR)
[ C usually singular ] a large amount of hair:
The baby was born with a surprising bush of black hair.
very informal someone's pubic hair, especially a woman's
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Hair
- -haired
- a full, good, thick, etc. head of hair idiom
- bald patch
- balding
- beard
- crinkle
- curl
- curly
- hairpiece
- hairy
- hirsute
- plica
- pube
- receding hairline
- rug
- tache
- toupée
- tresses
- unshaven
- wisp
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