bush

Universal Words noun 1 [C] a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root: a rose bush * holly bushes compareTREE 2 [C] a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur 3 (often the bush) [U] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia IDIOMS see BEATv., BIRD