bush /bʊʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: bos , bosc 'wood' ]
1 . a plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground ⇨ tree , shrub :
a rose bush
The child was hiding in the bushes.
2 . the bush wild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa
3 . a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair
⇨ beat about the bush at ↑ beat 1 (14)