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bush

noun (PLANT)
 
 
/bʊʃ/

Definition

B2 [C] a plant with many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, giving the plant a rounded shape: a rose bushBushes and shrubs [C usually singular] a large amount of hair: The baby was born with a surprising bush of black hair.Hair
(Definition of bush noun (PLANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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