茂み — meaning in English

English meaning

• bush noun A woody plant with multiple stems, smaller than a tree.
• thicket noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.

Senses

茂み is used for these senses in English:

• bush (horticulture) 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.
• thicket A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

bush — full definition

1. noun A woody plant with multiple stems, smaller than a tree.
2. noun Wild, uncultivated land covered in natural vegetation, especially in Australia or Africa.
3. adjective Amateurish or not up to professional standard.

thicket — full definition

1. noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.
2. noun A tangled, confusing mass of anything, used figuratively.

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