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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrubs |
| Synonyms: | brush, bushes, hedge, scrub, underbrush |
| 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: | hedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | landscaping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawn |
| Synonyms: | garden, grounds, setting, shrubbery |
| 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: | shrub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | boscage, bosket, brier, bush, foliage, hedge, shrubbery, thicket, topiary, tree |
| 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 |
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