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thornbush.

Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈθɔːnˌbʊʃ/Australia, New-Zealand, UK/ˈθɔːnˌbɵʃ/British, Southern, Standard/ˈθɔɹnˌbʊʃ/Scotland/-ˌbʌʃ/Scotland, traditional
  1. Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes.

Where this word comes from

Compound of thorn + bush. Cognate with Dutch doornbos, German Dornbusch and Swedish törnbuske, all meaning the same and having the same elements (stemming from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz + *buskaz), thus they either share a common Germanic root or are calques of the German word.

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