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Busch

Definitions of Busch
  1. noun
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    synonyms: Gebüsch
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    Echter Gagel, Gagelstrauch, Porst
    bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    Gagelgewächs
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
    Mimose
    any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
    Kapernstrauch
    any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
    Malve
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
    Baumwollpflanze
    erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
    Heidekrautgewächs
    a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
    Krähenbeere, Moosbeere
    any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
    Forsythie
    any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
    Jasmin
    any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
    Gemeiner Liguster, Hartriegel, Liguster
    any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
    Flieder
    any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
    Seidelbast
    any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
    Tamariskengewächs
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
    Hanfgewächs
    any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
    Yucca, Yuccapalme
    any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
    Ginster
    any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
    Stechginster
    very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
    Rose
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    Fingerkraut
    any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
    Schlehdorn, Schlehe, Schwarzdorn
    a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
    Geißblattgewächs
    shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
    Holder, Holler, Holunder
    any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
    Buchsbaum
    evergreen shrubs or small trees
    Pfaffenhütchen, Spindelbaum
    any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
    Stachelbeerstrauch
    spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Lavendel
    any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
    Stechapfel
    any of several plants of the genus Datura
    Wolfsmilch
    any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
    Rizinus
    large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
    Teestrauch
    a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
    Sanddorn
    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
    Klette
    any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
    Wermut
    any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
    Zweizahn
    any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
    Grasnelke
    any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
    Moschusmalve
    erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
    Große Käsepappel, Wilde Malve
    erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
    Erika, Heidekraut
    any plant of the genus Erica
    Alpenazalee, Gamsheide
    any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
    Heidelbeerstrauch
    erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
    Rauschbeere
    an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves
    Weiderichgewächs
    any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
    Cannabis, Hanf
    a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
    Echter Besenginster
    small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two-seeded pods
    Kronwicke
    European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods
    Goldregen
    an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
    Hagebutte, Heckenrose
    prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe
    Weißdorn
    thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
    Nelkenwurz
    any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
    Gänsefingerkraut
    low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
    Waldmeister
    any plant of the genus Asperula
    Geißblatt, Jelänger-jelieber
    European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers
    Schwarzer Holunder
    a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    Kreuzblume
    any of various plants of the genus Polygala
    Schwarze Johannisbeere
    widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
    Gamander
    any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
    Weihnachtsstern
    tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
    Zwergwolfmilch
    European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
    Maniokstrauch
    cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
    Wachsblume
    twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
    type of:
    Holzpflanze
    a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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