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   bush

   /bʊʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length: "a rose bush" Similar shrubwoody plantundergrowthshrubberyhedgethicket
   • ▪ a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign. historical
   • 2. (especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country: "they have to spend a night camping in the bush" Similar wildsremote areaswildernessthe backwoodsthe hinterland(s)the backcountrythe backlandthe outbackthe backblocksthe booaythe backveldthe plattelandinformal:the boondocksthe booniesthe tall timbersWoop Woopbeyond the black stump
   • ▪ vegetation growing in the bush: "the lowland country was covered in thick bush"
   • ▪ indigenous rainforest. New Zealand
   • ▪ uncivilized or primitive: South African "bush justice"
   • 3. a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur: "a childish face with a bush of bright hair"
   • ▪ a woman's pubic hair. vulgar slang

   verb

   • 1. spread out into a thick clump: "her hair bushed out like a halo"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French bos, bosc, variants of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by Old Norse buski, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch bos and German Busch. The sense ‘uncultivated country’ is probably directly from Dutch bos.

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