BUSH

(PLANT) [noun] [C] - a plant with many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard woody stem, giving the plant a rounded shapeThe hill was covered in flowering bushes.Our dog ran off into some bushes when we were walking in the forest.Suddenly, we heard a noise in the bushes beside us.(figurative) The baby was born with a surprising bush of black hair (= a large amount of hair).Bush can be used as a combining form to mean a plant of a particular type.a currant busha rose bush