| 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: | shrub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bush |
Synonyms: |
fern, hedge, plant |
| 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 |