Phrase Hound found 46 phrases and 67 compound words that contain bushes. The most common are listed below. Open bushes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 46
- beat the bushesSynonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
- beating the bushespresent participle and gerund of beat the bushes
- beats the bushesthird-person singular simple present indicative of beat the bushes: Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
- Christmas bushesplural of Christmas bush: Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time.
- rose bushesplural of rose bush: The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
- beaten the bushespast participle of beat the bushes: Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
- Ter Bushesplural of Ter Bush: A surname from Dutch.
- beauty bushesplural of beauty bush: Linnaea amabilis, a deciduous flowering shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae.
- burning bushesplural of burning bush: A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.
- bushes outthird-person singular simple present indicative of bush out: To be bushy; to protrude in a thick tuft.
- butterfly bushesplural of butterfly bush: Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
- cancer bushesplural of cancer bush: A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).
- coffee bushesplural of coffee bush: A plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced.
- cone bushesplural of cone bush: Any plant of the genus Leucadendron.
- coyote bushesplural of coyote bush: The shrub Baccharis pilularis native to the western United States.
- emu bushesplural of emu bush: Any of the Australian desert shrubs in the genus Eremophila, which have fruits that are eaten by emus.
- indigo bushesplural of indigo bush: A shrub of any of several genera in the Fabaceae family, including:
- juniper bushesplural of juniper bush: a bush, shrub, or smaller tree of any of the species within the genus Juniperus.
- needle bushesplural of needle bush: Any of certain shrubs with needle-like leaves.
- pearl bushesplural of pearl bush: A flowering plant of the genus Exochorda.
- potato bushesplural of potato bush: An Australian shrub, Solanum ellipticum
- strawberry bushesplural of strawberry bush: Euonymus americanus, a flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.
- sugar bushesplural of sugar bush: An evergreen shrub found in the southwestern United States of America, Rhus ovata.
- tea bushesplural of tea bush: The common tea plant.
- tie bushesplural of tie bush: A toxic Asian shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, Wikstroemia indica, used as a source of fiber and as a remedy in traditional Chinese medicine.
Compound words 67
- GreenbushesA town in the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, South West region, Western Australia.
- beautybushesplural of beautybush: Linnaea amabilis, a deciduous flowering shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae.
- bitterbushesplural of bitterbush: Any plant of the genus Picramnia.
- bramblebushesplural of bramblebush: A bush bearing brambles.
- brittlebushesplural of brittlebush: A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
- broombushesplural of broombush
- buckbushesplural of buckbush: Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
- butterbushesplural of butterbush: A shrub or small tree, Pittosporum angustifolium, growing in inland Australia, used by Aboriginal peoples for food and medicine.
- buttonbushesplural of buttonbush: Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
- caperbushesplural of caperbush: The bush (of genus Capparis) on which capers grow.