bush

English

/bʊʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • (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.
  • A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  • (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.
  • (slang) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
  • (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English busch inherited from Old English busċ inherited from *busk inherited from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

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Kanji

曲

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🌱 💗 🪴

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