| 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 |
| Main Entry: | shrub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant |
Synonyms: |
boscage, bosket, brier, bush, foliage, hedge, shrubbery, thicket, topiary, tree |
| Main Entry: | bramble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorny bush |
Synonyms: |
brier, burr, catch weed, cleaver, furze, goose grass, gorse, hedge, nettle, prick, prickly shrub, shrub, spray, thistle, thistle sage, thorn |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom |
Synonyms: |
annual, biennial, bush, creeper, cutting*, flower, grass, greenery, herb, perennial, seedling, shoot, shrub, slip, sprout, tree, vine, weed |
Antonyms: |
animal |
| Main Entry: | tree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves |
Synonyms: |
forest, hardwood, pulp, sapling, seedling, shrub, softwood, stock, timber, topiary, wood, woods |
| 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: | vegetation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant life |
Synonyms: |
crops, flora, flowers, grasses, greenery, herbage, herbs, plants, saplings, shrubs, trees, vegetables, verdure |