Bush vs. Tree

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

Treenoun

(botany) A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk that grows in girth with age and branches (that also grow in circumference with age).

Treenoun

(botany) Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense.

Treenoun

An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.

Treenoun

A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

Treenoun

The structural frame of a saddle.

Treenoun

(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.

Treenoun

(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.

Treenoun

(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.

Treenoun

Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).

Treenoun

The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.

Treenoun

(slang) Marijuana.

Treenoun

(obsolete) A cross or gallows.

Treenoun

(obsolete) wood; timber

Treenoun

(chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.

Treenoun

(cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.

Treeverb

(transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.

Treeverb

(transitive) To place in a tree.

Treeverb

(transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.

Treenoun

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

Treenoun

Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.

Treenoun

A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; - used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.

Treenoun

A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.

Treenoun

Wood; timber.

Treenoun

A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead.

Treeverb

To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel.

Treeverb

To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.

Treenoun

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Treenoun

a figure that branches from a single root;

Treenoun

English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

Treeverb

chase a bear up a tree with dogs and kill it

Treenoun

a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

Treenoun

(in general use) any bush, shrub, or herbaceous plant with a tall erect stem, e.g. a banana plant.

Treenoun

a wooden structure or part of a structure.

Treenoun

the cross on which Christ was crucified.

Treenoun

a gibbet.

Treenoun

a thing that has a branching structure resembling that of a tree.

Treenoun

a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships.

Treeverb

force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.

Treeverb

force (someone) into a difficult situation.

Treeverb

(of an area) planted with trees

Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only wood plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height.