Bush vs. Shrub

Bushnoun

(horticulture) 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.

Bushnoun

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

Bushnoun

(historical) 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.

Bushnoun

(hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

(archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.

Bushnoun

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

Bushnoun

(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.

Bushnoun

(New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Bushnoun

(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Bushnoun

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

Bushnoun

A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

Bushverb

(transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

Bushadverb

(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.

Bushadjective

(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

Bushnoun

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

Bushnoun

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

Bushnoun

A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Bushnoun

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bushverb

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Bushnoun

a large wilderness area

Bushnoun

dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Bushnoun

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

Bushnoun

United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

Bushnoun

Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

Bushnoun

hair growing in the pubic area

Bushverb

provide with a bushing

Bushadjective

not of the highest quality or sophistication

Bushnoun

a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length

Bushnoun

a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.

Bushnoun

(especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country

Bushnoun

vegetation growing in the bush

Bushnoun

indigenous rainforest.

Bushnoun

uncivilized or primitive

Bushnoun

a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur

Bushnoun

a woman's pubic hair.

Bushnoun

a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Bushnoun

a bearing for a revolving shaft.

Bushnoun

a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.

Bushverb

spread out into a thick clump

Shrubnoun

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Shrubverb

(obsolete) To lop; to prune.

Shrubverb

To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrubnoun

A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

Shrubverb

To lop; to prune.

Shrubnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Shrub

A shrub (or bush, but this is more of a gardening term) is a small- to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground.