Bush

Etymology 1
From busch:, busshe:, from  busc:, bysc:, from, probably from. Cognate with West Frisian bosk:, Dutch bos:, German Busch:, buske:. Latin and Romance forms ( boscus:, buisson:,  boscaglia:,  bosque:) derive from the. The sense 'pubic hair' was first attested in 1745.

Noun

 * 1) A horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant that is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height; usually less than six metres tall.
 * 2)  A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

Synonyms

 * shrub
 * See also Thesaurus:pubic hair

Derived terms

 * a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
 * beat about the bush/beat around the bush


 * bush airline
 * bush fire
 * bush frog
 * bush telegraph


 * bushy

Noun

 * : A tavern or wine merchant.
 * 1)  The countryside area of Australia that is neither arid nor remote enough to constitute the outback, and may include areas of natural flora even within conurbations
 * 2)  An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
 * 3)  The remote forested areas of Canada, excluding the high arctic barrens. The upcountry.

Derived terms

 * bushbaby
 * bushcraft
 * bush lawyer
 * bushmeat
 * bush tucker
 * bush week
 * bushwhacker
 * Alaskan bush

Related terms

 * bushman (not derived from bush but separately derived from cognate Dutch)

Adjective

 * 1) The Australian use of the noun "bush", used attributively.
 * The bush vote; bush tucker; bush aristocracy

Adverb

 * 1)  Towards the direction of the outback.
 * On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.

Adjective

 * 1)  Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
 * They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.

Noun

 * 1)  Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
 * The way that pitcher showed up the batter after the strikeout was bush.

Etymology 5
From busse: 'box; wheel bushing', from  (cf. English box:). More at.

Noun

 * 1) A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
 * 2) 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.