bush : Idioms & Phrases

• noun deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
  Viburnum trilobum; highbush cranberry; American cranberry bush; cranberry tree.
  

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• noun seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit
  beach plum; Prunus maritima.
  

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• verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  equivocate; tergiversate; palter; prevaricate.
  

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• noun Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental
  Kolkwitzia amabilis.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
  spicebush; Lindera benzoin; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; American spicebush.
  

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• noun shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals
  Ochna serrulata.
  

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• noun a kind of bush shrike
  Chlorophoneus nigrifrons.
  

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• noun bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
  blackberry.
  

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• noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
  blueberry.
  

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• noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
  boysenberry.
  

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• noun any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
  

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Bram"ble bush`

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1. (Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.

   He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose.

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• noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
  brittlebush; Encelia farinosa; incienso.
  

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• noun (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses
  
• noun deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
  Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo.
  
• noun Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
  gas plant; Dictamnus alba; dittany; fraxinella.
  
• noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
  fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; summer cypress.
  

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• (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.

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• noun the executive under President George H. W. Bush
  
• noun the executive under President George W. Bush
  

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• noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
  bushbaby; galago.
  

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• noun a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.

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• (Zoöl.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.

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• (Zoöl.), the serval. See Serval.

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• (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family.

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• noun shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
  lespedeza.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Potto.

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• . See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.

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• (Agric.) See under Harrow.

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• noun southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
  Radyera farragei; Hibiscus farragei.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochoerus Africanus); called also bush pig, and water hog.

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• noun a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
  Tartarian honeysuckle; Lonicera tatarica.
  
• noun bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
  Diervilla sessilifolia.
  
• noun spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers
  Diervilla lonicera.
  

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• noun a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt
  

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• noun stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
  Rubus cissoides; lawyerbush; bush lawyer; Rubus australis.
  

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• noun a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
  minors; minor league.
  

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• noun a player on a minor-league baseball team
  minor leaguer.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; called also surucucu.

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• noun annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium
  Tropaeolum minus.
  

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• verb grow outward
  
  • the plant quickly bushed out

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.

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• noun evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
  tree poppy.
  

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• noun an African shrike
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.

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• noun active grey titmice of western North America
  bushtit.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California.

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• noun European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
  Vicia sepium.
  

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• noun any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers
  browallia.
  

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• noun small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks
  Combretum erythrophyllum.
  
• noun small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
  Combretum appiculatum.
  

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• adjective satellite not of the highest quality or sophistication
  bush.
  

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• noun tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
  buddleia.
  

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• noun a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
  American laurel; Kalmia latifolia; mountain laurel; wood laurel.
  

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Ca"per bush`, Ca"per tree` (Also<

• Caper bush
• Caper tree

)

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1. See Capper, a plant, 2.

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• noun Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
  Christmas tree; Ceratopetalum gummiferum.
  

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• noun Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
  coral bush; Templetonia retusa.
  

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• noun widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
  kidney wort; chaparral broom; coyote brush; Baccharis pilularis.
  

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• noun deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
  Viburnum trilobum; highbush cranberry; American cranberry bush; cranberry tree.
  

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• noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
  hediondilla; Larrea tridentata; coville.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
  currant.
  

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• noun any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
  daisybush; daisy bush.
  

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• noun any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
  daisybush; daisy bush.
  

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• noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
  dewberry; running blackberry.
  

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• noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
  aubergine; eggplant; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple; garden egg.
  

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• noun any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
  elder.
  

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• noun deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
  cranberry tree; Viburnum opulus; guelder rose; European cranberrybush; crampbark.
  

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• noun South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
  feijoa.
  

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• noun showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
  shiny lyonia; fetterbush; Lyonia lucida.
  

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• (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood.

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• noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
  fire-bush; Streptosolen jamesonii; fire bush.
  
• noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
  fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; summer cypress.
  

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• noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
  fire-bush; Streptosolen jamesonii; fire bush.
  
• noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
  fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; summer cypress.
  

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• noun Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
  coral bush; Templetonia retusa.
  

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• noun any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
  California beauty; flannelbush.
  

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• noun small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers
  Chionanthus virginicus.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  
• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
  Ribes grossularia; gooseberry; Ribes uva-crispa.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below).

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• noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
  cotton-seed tree; consumption weed; groundsel tree; Baccharis halimifolia.
  

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• noun small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
  Psidium guajava; true guava; guava.
  

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• noun high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
  tall bilberry; Vaccinium corymbosum; swamp blueberry.
  

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• noun western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple
  Hazardia cana.
  

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• noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.

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• (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit (Cordia Cylindrostachya).

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• noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
  redbird cactus; redbird flower; Pedilanthus tithymaloides; Jew bush; Jewbush.
  

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• noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
  redbird cactus; redbird flower; Pedilanthus tithymaloides; Jew bush; Jewbush.
  

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• noun spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
  Christ's-thorn; jujube; Ziziphus jujuba; Jerusalem thorn.
  

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• noun desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
  juniper; Retama raetam; retem; Genista raetam; raetam.
  

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• noun vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
  kei apple; Dovyalis caffra.
  

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• noun stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
  Rubus cissoides; lawyerbush; bush lawyer; Rubus australis.
  

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• noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
  Vaccinium pennsylvanicum; low blueberry; Vaccinium angustifolium.
  

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• noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
  fire-bush; Streptosolen jamesonii; fire bush.
  

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• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; sweet wattle; cassie.
  

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• noun low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs
  minniebush; Menziesia pilosa.
  

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• noun shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
  needlebush; Hakea lissosperma; needle bush.
  

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• noun shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
  needlebush; Hakea lissosperma; needle bush.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

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• noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
  Prunus japonica; flowering almond.
  

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• noun shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
  sweet pepperbush; Clethra alnifolia; summer sweet; white alder.
  

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• (Bot.), the barberry.

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• noun any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
  poison pea; gastrolobium.
  
• noun either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
  darling pea.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  
• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
  Atriplex lentiformis; white thistle; quail brush.
  

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• noun small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
  quince; Cydonia oblonga.
  

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• noun pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo
  Chrysothamnus nauseosus; rabbit brush.
  

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• noun woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
  raspberry.
  

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• (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.

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• noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  ringworm shrub; Cassia alata; Senna alata; ringworm cassia.
  

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• (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.

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• noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
  Hamelia erecta; coloradillo; Hamelia patens; scarlet hamelia.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (A. Canadensis, and A. alnifolia) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.

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• (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.

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• noun silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers
  Jupiter's beard; Anthyllis barba-jovis; silverbush.
  
• noun deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits
  Elaeagnus commutata; silverberry; silver berry; silverbush.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
  smoke tree.
  
• noun any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
  

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• noun deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
  spicebush; Lindera benzoin; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; American spicebush.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit
  Rhus trilobata; skunkbush; squawbush.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock
  staggerbush; Lyonia mariana.
  

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• (Bot.), a low shrub (Spiræa tomentosa) having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack.

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• noun spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
  Pickeringia montana; chaparral pea.
  

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• noun upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
  Euonymus americanus; wahoo.
  
• noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
  sweet shrub; Calycanthus floridus; strawberry shrub; Carolina allspice.
  

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• (Bot.), an American shrub (Euonymus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril.

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• . See Sugar orchard.

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• noun evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits
  Rhus ovata; sugar sumac.
  

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• (Bot.), an American shrub (Clethra alnifolia), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; called also white alder.

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• to approach a subject circuitously.
• to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; a metaphor taken from hunting.

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• noun 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)
  Bush.
  

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