| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scrappy bushes |
Synonyms: |
boscage, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, cover, dingle, fern, gorse, grove, hedge, scrub, sedge, shrubbery, spinney, thicket, undergrowth, underwood |
| Main Entry: | bush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrubs; woodland |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, backwoods, boscage, bramble, briar, brush, chaparral, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, scrubland, shrubbery, the wild, thicket, vine, wilderness |
| Notes: | bush and shrub are used interchangeably for relatively low woody perennials with many stems and branches that grow from a complex close to the ground; a tree is a woody perennial, usually taller, with branches starting higher up |
| Main Entry: | jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness full of plant and animal life |
Synonyms: |
boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo |
| Main Entry: | thicket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dense growth of small trees or bushes |
Synonyms: |
brake, brush, bush, chaparral, coppice, copse, shrubbery, underbrush |
| Main Entry: | thicket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant |
Synonyms: |
boscage, bosk, brake, brush, brushwood, bush, chaparral, clump, coppice, copse, covert, grove, growth, hedge, shrubbery, spinny, underbrush, wood, woods |