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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.

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

Example: bushes to support pea vines

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.

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.

A tavern or wine merchant.

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.