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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
Classified under:
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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