Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Bush (-es)
bush (-es), n. [ME < L. boscum 'wood'.] (webplay: furnish, sign, tree, wheel, wine).
- Shrub; thicket; foliage; hedge; small tree; plant with multiple branches; (see Luke 6:44).
- Potential; possibility; imaginary result; hypothetical resource.
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