bush in Malay
semak
/ˈbʊʃ/
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British/ˈbɵʃ/
bush in Malay: semak, belukar. In English, bush means a woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
Malay words for bush
- category of woody plant
- semak, belukar
English meaning of bush
- noun A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- noun A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- noun A thicket, a small wood, or a tract of uncleared, woody land.
- noun A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
bush in a sentence
- bushes to support pea vines
- to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground
- I can tell when my cat is upset because he’ll bush up his tail.
Synonyms of bush
bush in other languages
- bush in Hindi
- bush in Tamil
- bush in Urdu
- bush in Bengali
- bush in Telugu
- bush in Malayalam
- bush in Kannada
- bush in Punjabi
- bush in Gujarati
- bush in Odia
- bush in Sanskrit
- bush in Sinhala
- bush in Assamese
- bush in Nepali
- bush in Tagalog
- bush in Arabic
- bush in Indonesian
- bush in Thai
- bush in Vietnamese
- bush in Myanmar
Questions about bush in Malay
- What is the meaning of bush in Malay?
- Bush in Malay is semak, belukar.
- Apakah maksud bush dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Bush: semak, belukar.
- What does bush mean in English?
- Bush means a woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
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