surucucu \su`rucu"cu\, n. zool.
   see bush master, under bush.
   1913 webster
see also:
bush master bush 

bush \bush\ b.ush, n. oe. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
   akin to d. bosch, ohg. busc, g. busch, icel. b=uskr,
   b=uski, dan. busk, sw. buske, and also to ll. boscus,
   buscus, pr. bosc, it. bosco, sp.  pg. bosque, f. bois, of.
   bos. whether the ll. or g. form is the original is uncertain;
   if the ll., it is perh. from the same source as e. box a
   case. cf. ambush, boscage, bouquet, box a case.
   1. a thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
      forest.
      1913 webster

   note: this was the original sense of the word, as in the
         dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by chaucer. in
         this sense it is extensively used in the british
         colonies, especially at the cape of good hope, and also
         in australia and canada; as, to live or settle in the
         bush.
         1913 webster

   2. a shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
      the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
      1913 webster

            to bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
            flowers.                              --gascoigne.
      1913 webster

   3. a shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
      bushes to support pea vines.
      1913 webster

   4. a shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy as sacred to
      bacchus, hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
      sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
      itself.
      1913 webster

            if it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
            true that a good play needs no epilogue. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. hunting the tail, or brush, of a fox.
      1913 webster

   to beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
      round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
      metaphor taken from hunting.

   bush bean bot., a variety of bean which is low and
      requires no support phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus.
      see bean, 1.

   bush buck, or bush goat zool., a beautiful south
      african antelope tragelaphus sylvaticus; -- so called
      because found mainly in wooden localities. the name is
      also applied to other species.

   bush cat zool., the serval. see serval.

   bush chat zool., a bird of the genus pratincola, of the
      thrush family.

   bush dog. zool. see potto.

   bush hammer. see bushhammer in the vocabulary.

   bush harrow agric. see under harrow.

   bush hog zool., a south african wild hog
      potamochoerus africanus; -- called also bush pig,
      and water hog.

   bush master zool., a venomous snake lachesis mutus of
      guinea; -- called also surucucu.

   bush pea bot., a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
      

   bush shrike zool., a bird of the genus thamnophilus,
      and allied genera; -- called also batarg. many species
      inhabit tropical america.

   bush tit zool., a small bird of the genus psaltriparus,
      allied to the titmouse. psaltriparus minimus inhabits
      california.
      1913 webster
see also:
ambush boscage bouquet box to beat about the bush bush bean 
phaseolus vulgaris bean bush buck bush goat tragelaphus sylvaticus 
bush cat serval bush chat pratincola bush dog 
potto bush hammer bushhammer bush harrow harrow 
bush hog potamochoerus africanus bush pig water hog bush master 
lachesis mutus surucucu bush pea bush shrike thamnophilus 
batarg bush tit psaltriparus psaltriparus minimus