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Synonyms bush
Type of ligneous plant, woody plant
Has types acocanthera oblongifolia, acocanthera oppositifolia, acocanthera spectabilis, acocanthera venenata, adam's apple, adenium multiflorum, adenium obesum, african hemp, allspice, alpine azalea, alpine totara, american angelica tree, american cranberry bush, american spicebush, amorpha, anadenanthera colubrina, anagyris foetida, andromeda, angel's trumpet, anthyllis barba-jovis, apalachicola rosemary, arbutus, aralia elata, aralia spinosa, aralia stipulata, ardisia crenata, ardisia escallonoides, ardisia paniculata, argyroxiphium sandwicense, aristotelia racemosa, aristotelia serrata, arrow wood, artemisia, aspalathus cedcarbergensis, aspalathus linearis, astroloma humifusum, australian heath, baccharis halimifolia, baccharis pilularis, baccharis viminea, banksia, barbasco, barberry, barilla, bassia scoparia, batis maritima, batoko palm, bauhinia monandra, bean caper, bean trefoil, bearberry, beauty bush, belvedere, benjamin bush, benzoin odoriferum, bird's-eye bush, biscutalla laevigata, bitter-bark, bitter pea, black bead, black greasewood, black haw, blackthorn, bladder senna, blolly, blue cohosh, blueberry, blueberry bush, blueberry root, box, boxthorn, boxwood, bracelet wood, brassaia actinophylla, brazilian potato tree, bridal-wreath, bridal wreath, bristly locust, broom, brugmansia arborea, brugmansia sanguinea, brugmansia suaveolens, brunfelsia americana, bryanthus, buckler mustard, buckthorn, buddleia, burning bush, bush hibiscus, bush honeysuckle, bush poppy, bushman's poison, butcher's broom, butterfly bush, butterfly flower, caesalpinia decapetala, caesalpinia sepiaria, cajan pea, cajanus cajan, california beauty, california redbud, calliandra, camelia, camellia, camellia sinensis, candlewood, canella-alba, canella winterana, cannabis, caper, capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, caragana, caricature plant, carissa, casava, cassava, castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, cat's-claw, catclaw, catha edulis, catjang pea, caulophyllum thalictrioides, caulophyllum thalictroides, cercis occidentalis, cestrum diurnum, cestrum nocturnum, chalice vine, chamaecytisus palmensis, chamaedaphne calyculata, chanal, chanar, chaparral broom, chaparral pea, cherry laurel, chile hazel, chile nut, chilean firebush, chilean flameflower, chilean hazelnut, chilean nut, chilean rimu, chilopsis linearis, chimonanthus praecox, chinese angelica, chinese angelica tree, chinese holly, chiococca alba, christ's-thorn, christmas berry, christmasberry, chrysolepis sempervirens, cineraria maritima, cinquefoil, clethra alnifolia, clianthus, climbing hydrangea, coca, coca plant, codariocalyx motorius, codiaeum variegatum, coffee rose, columnea, colutea arborescens, combretum bracteosum, common flat pea, comptonia asplenifolia, comptonia peregrina, conradina glabra, consumption weed, coral bush, coralberry, cordyline terminalis, corkwood, corkwood tree, coronilla, cotoneaster, cotton, cotton-seed tree, cotton plant, coville, coyote brush, coyote bush, crampbark, cranberry, cranberry bush, cranberry heath, cranberry tree, crape jasmine, crape myrtle, creosote bush, crepe flower, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, crepe myrtle, croton, croton tiglium, crowberry, crystal tea, cupflower, currant, currant bush, cushion flower, cycloloma atriplicifolium, cyrilla, cyrilla racemiflora, cytesis proliferus, cytisus ramentaceus, dacridium laxifolius, dahl, daisy-bush, daisy bush, daisybush, dalea spinosa, dalmatian laburnum, daphne, datura arborea, datura sanguinea, datura suaveolens, day jessamine, derris, desert rose, desert willow, desmodium gyrans, desmodium motorium, devil's walking stick, dhal, diervilla lonicera, diervilla sessilifolia, dirca palustris, dog hobble, dog laurel, dombeya, dovyalis caffra, dusty miller, dwarf golden chinkapin, east indian rosebay, elder, elderberry bush, embothrium coccineum, ephedra, epigaea repens, eriodictyon californicum, eryngium maritimum, erythroxylon coca, erythroxylon truxiuense, euonymus americanus, euonymus atropurpureus, european cranberry bush, european cranberrybush, fabiana imbricata, false azalea, false tamarisk, feijoa, feijoa bush, fetter bush, fetterbush, fever tree, fire-bush, fire bush, fire thorn, firethorn, five-finger, flacourtia indica, flame bush, flame pea, flannel bush, flannelbush, flat pea, flowering hazel, flowering quince, flowering shrub, fool's huckleberry, forestiera, forsythia, fothergilla, francoa ramosa, frangipani, frangipanni, fuchsia, furze, gardenia, gastrolobium, gaultheria shallon, geebung, genista raetam, geoffroea decorticans, georgia bark, german tamarisk, glandular labrador tea, glasswort, glory pea, goldenbush, gooseberry, gooseberry bush, gorse, governor's plum, governor plum, graptophyllum pictum, greasewood, grevillea, grewia asiatica, griselinia littoralis, griselinia lucida, ground-berry, groundberry, groundsel bush, groundsel tree, guelder rose, guevina avellana, guevina heterophylla, guinea flower, guinea gold vine, hakea laurina, hakea leucoptera, hakea lissosperma, halimodendron argenteum, halimodendron halodendron, hamelia, haw, hawthorn, hazardia cana, he-huckleberry, heath, hediondilla, helianthemum, hemp, hercules'-club, hermannia verticillata, heteromeles arbutifolia, hibiscus farragei, hiccough nut, hiccup nut, highbush cranberry, himalaya honeysuckle, hoary golden bush, holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, honey-flower, honey bell, honeybells, honeyflower, honeysuckle, horsebean, hovea, huckleberry, huckleberry oak, hydrangea, ilex cornuta, impala lily, indian currant, indian rhododendron, indigo, indigo plant, indigofera tinctoria, irish gorse, jacquinia armillaris, jacquinia keyensis, japan allspice, japanese allspice, japanese andromeda, japanese angelica tree, jasmine, jerusalem thorn, joewood, joint fir, jujube, jujube bush, juneberry, juniper, juniper bush, jupiter's beard, kali, kalmia, kapuka, kei apple, kei apple bush, kelpwort, kidney wort, kiggelaria africana, kochia scoparia, kolkwitzia amabilis, kudu lily, labrador tea, lady-of-the-night, lagerstroemia indica, lambertia formosa, larrea tridentata, laurel cherry, laurel sumac, lavatera arborea, lavender, lavender cotton, leadwort, leatherleaf, leatherwood, ledum groenlandicum, ledum palustre, leiophyllum buxifolium, leitneria floridana, lentisk, lepechinia calycina, lepidothamnus fonkii, lepidothamnus laxifolius, leucothoe, leucothoe editorum, leucothoe fontanesiana, leucothoe racemosa, leycesteria formosa, lilac, lily-of-the-valley tree, lindera benzoin, loiseleuria procumbens, lomatia, lotus tree, lupinus arboreus, lycium carolinianum, lyonia ligustrina, lyonia lucida, lyonia mariana, lysiloma sabicu, madagascar plum, mahernia verticillata, mahonia aquifolium, mahonia nervosa, maikoa, makomako, male berry, maleberry, mallow, malosma laurina, manzanita, marlberry, marmalade bush, marsh tea, mastic, mastic tree, matrimony vine, mayflower, medinilla magnifica, melastoma malabathricum, menziesia ferruginea, menziesia pilosa, mesquit, mesquite, microstrobos niphophilus, milk thistle, mimosa, minnie bush, minniebush, mock azalia, mock privet, moose-wood, moosewood, moss locust, mountain andromeda, mountain azalea, mountain devil, mountain fetterbush, mountain grape, mountain rimu, mucuna, mule fat, mutisia, myrica gale, myricaria germanica, mysore thorn, naranjilla, native cranberry, native holly, native pear, needle-bush, needle-wood, needle bush, needle wood, needlebush, needlewood, negro peach, nero's crown, new zealand wine berry, night jasmine, night jessamine, ochna serrulata, oleaster, ordeal tree, oregon grape, oregon holly grape, othonna, pachouli, paliurus spina-christi, palma christ, palma christi, paloverde, papoose root, papooseroot, parkinsonia aculeata, patchouli, patchouly, pavonia, pea tree, pepper, pepper bush, pepper shrub, petteria ramentacea, phalsa, philadelphus, photinia arbutifolia, pichi, pickeringia montana, pieris floribunda, pieris japonica, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, pinckneya pubens, pincushion hakea, pink fivecorner, pinwheel flower, piptadenia macrocarpa, pistacia lentiscus, pitcher sage, pithecellobium unguis-cati, pixie, pixy, platylobium formosum, playlobium obtusangulum, plumbago europaea, podocarpus nivalis, pogostemon cablin, poison arrow plant, poison bush, poison pea, potato tree, privet, privet andromeda, protea, prunus cuneata, prunus laurocerasus, prunus pumila, prunus pumilla susquehanae, prunus spinosa, prunus susquehanae, pseudowintera colorata, puka, purple pea, pyracanth, pyracantha, pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, quercus vaccinifolia, radyera farragei, raetam, ramontchi, rauvolfia, rauwolfia, red gram, red angel's trumpet, red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon, retama raetam, retem, rhododendron, rhus laurina, ribes grossularia, ribes uva-crispa, ricinus communis, robinia hispida, rock rose, rockrose, rooibos, ropebark, rose, rose acacia, rosebush, ruscus aculeatus, russian cactus, russian thistle, russian tumbleweed, sabicu, salal, salsola kali, salsola kali tenuifolia, salsola soda, salt tree, saltbush, saltwort, sand cherry, sand myrtle, santolina chamaecyparissus, sarcobatus vermiculatus, sarcocephalus esculentus, sarcocephalus latifolius, schefflera actinophylla, schizophragma hydrangeoides, scotch gale, screw tree, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm, semaphore plant, senecio cineraria, senna, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush, shallon, shiny lyonia, shrublet, shumac, silver-bush, silverbush, silversword, slipper plant, slipper spurge, sloe, smoke bush, smoke tree, solandra guttata, solanum macranthum, solanum quitoense, solanum wrightii, southern arrow wood, sow thistle, sparmannia africana, sphacele calycina, spice bush, spiceberry, spicebush, spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree, spiraea, spirea, spurge, squaw root, squawroot, staff tree, stagger bush, staggerbush, stephanotis, stingaree-bush, stinking bean trefoil, strawberry bush, streptosolen jamesonii, strophanthus, styphelia humifusum, styphelia triflora, styrax, subshrub, suffrutex, sumac, sumach, summer cypress, summer sweet, sun rose, sunrose, swamp oak, sweet bells, sweet fern, sweet gale, sweet pepperbush, switch-ivy, symphoricarpos orbiculatus, syrian bean caper, tabernaemontana divaricate, tagasaste, tamarillo, tamarisk, tasman dwarf pine, tea, telegraph plant, telopea oreades, telopea speciosissima, templetonia retusa, thevetia neriifolia, thevetia peruviana, thorn apple, three-seeded mercury, ti, tollon, toyon, trailing arbutus, trapper's tea, tree lupine, tree mallow, tree poppy, tree tomato, trumpet flower, tumbleweed, twist wood, twistwood, ulex europaeus, umbrella tree, undershrub, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, viburnum dentatum, viburnum lantana, viburnum opulus, viburnum prunifolium, viburnum recognitum, viburnum trilobum, viminaria denudata, viminaria juncea, wahoo, waratah, wax myrtle, wayfaring tree, weigela, weigela florida, west indian snowberry, western redbud, whin, white alder, white cinnamon tree, white titi, wicopy, wild cinnamon, wild peach, wild rosemary, wineberry, winged pigweed, winter hazel, winter sweet, wintera colorata, witch alder, witch hazel, witch hazel plant, woody pear, zygophyllum fabago, acalypha virginica, abelia, wych hazel, wych hazel plant, xylomelum pyriforme, xylosma, xylosma congestum, yellow oleander, yerba santa, yucca, ziziphus jujuba, ziziphus lotus
Derivation shrubby, shrublet

Examples of shrub

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I've never seen pests antagonize this shrub with dark-green, needlelike foliage.
From the chron.com
Whereupon Thomas wheeled and clouted Ginsberg twice on his shrub-bordered mouth.
From the time.com
The tropical shrub draws attention with its unusual flattened and jointed stems.
From the dispatch.com
All I know is it was a large, large shrub with enormous white ball-like flowers.
From the thestate.com
The Sagebrush Kid is a tall tale about a shrub with an appetite for human flesh.
From the dispatch.com
Chionathus virginicus or white fringetree is a native large shrub or small tree.
From the dailyherald.com
You will want to select from the hybrid, as opposed to shrub or trailing, types.
From the dailynews.com
Plant scientists perfected Wild Swan, creating a reliable, free-flowering shrub.
From the sacbee.com
Remove inward-facing stems with the aim of creating a vase shape in shrub roses.
From the nzherald.co.nz
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