Definition of bush

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Bush (n.) 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..

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Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..
Bushfighter :: Bushfighter (n.) One accustomed to bushfighting.
Chetvert :: Chetvert (n.) A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels..
Thamnophile :: Thamnophile (n.) A bush shrike.
Bushing :: Bushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bus.
Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Homer :: Homer (n.) A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts..
Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (n.) A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone..
Saan :: Saan (n. pl.) Same as Bushmen.
Bush :: Bush (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox..
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game..
Embushment :: Embushment (n.) An ambush.
Juneberry :: "Juneberry (n.) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree..
Scrog :: Scrog (n.) A stunted shrub, bush, or branch..
Ambushing :: Ambushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambus.
Alestake :: Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a bush..
Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..
Saltbush :: Saltbush (n.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
Basil :: Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)..
Bushet :: Bushet (n.) A small bush.
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