Bush vs. Greasewood

Bushnoun

(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.

Greasewoodnoun

Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.

Bushnoun

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

Greasewoodnoun

Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

‘bushes to support pea vines’;

Greasewoodnoun

Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).

Bushnoun

(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.

Greasewoodnoun

Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)

Bushnoun

(hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Greasewoodnoun

Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).

Bushnoun

(archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.

Greasewoodnoun

Gutierrezia (snakeweeds, matchweeds).

Bushnoun

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

Greasewoodnoun

Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).

Bushnoun

(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.

Greasewoodnoun

A low hardy much-branched spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) common in alkaline soils of Western America.

Bushnoun

(New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.

Greasewoodnoun

low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America

Bushnoun

(Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.

Greasewood

Greasewood is a common name shared by several plants: Adenostoma fasciculatum is a plant with white flowers that is native to Oregon, Nevada, California, and northern Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the chaparral biome.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Bushnoun

(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Bushnoun

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

Bushnoun

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.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

‘to bush peas’;

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

‘to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground’;

Bushverb

(transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

‘to bush a pivot hole’;

Bushadverb

(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.

‘On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.’;

Bushadjective

(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

‘They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.’;

Bushnoun

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

Bushnoun

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

‘To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers.’;

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

Bushnoun

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.

‘If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue.’;

Bushnoun

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bushverb

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Bushnoun

a large wilderness area

Bushnoun

dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Bushnoun

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

Bushnoun

United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

Bushnoun

Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

Bushnoun

hair growing in the pubic area

Bushverb

provide with a bushing

Bushadjective

not of the highest quality or sophistication

Bushnoun

a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length

‘a rose bush’;

Bushnoun

a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.

Bushnoun

(especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country

‘they have to spend a night camping in the bush’;

Bushnoun

vegetation growing in the bush

‘the lowland country was covered in thick bush’;

Bushnoun

indigenous rainforest.

Bushnoun

uncivilized or primitive

‘bush justice’;

Bushnoun

a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur

‘a childish face with a bush of bright hair’;

Bushnoun

a woman's pubic hair.

Bushnoun

a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Bushnoun

a bearing for a revolving shaft.

Bushnoun

a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.

Bushverb

spread out into a thick clump

‘her hair bushed out like a halo’;