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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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