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BURNING BUSH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

Synonyms:

Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("burning bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("burning bush" is a member of...):

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather

Synonyms:

burning bush; Dictamnus alba; dittany; fraxinella; gas plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("burning bush" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Synonyms:

burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("burning bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("burning bush" is a member of...):

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("burning bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

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