Bush (disambiguation)
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Bush is a family name, and also the name of places and things.
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Things
Things commonly called Bush include:
- bush — a kind of plant (see shrub).
- bush — a mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod
- bush — (vulgar usage) the pubic hair of a woman ("Keep bush where it belongs..."), or, by extension, the external genitalia of a woman, or by extension, intercourse with a woman ("I got some bush last night"), or by extension, pejoratively, a woman
- Bush — a popular rock band, named after Shepherd's Bush in London.
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Places
Places named Bush include:
- Bush — in modern Australian usage, the countryside area of Australia not arid or remote enough to constitute the outback - it can include areas of natural flora even within conurbations . From this usage comes the phrase "to go bush" meaning to become feral or to leave civilization, and words like bushwhacker and bush pilot.
- Bush — naturally forested areas in New Zealand.
- The Bush — remote areas of Alaska which are off the road system, and are generally only accessible by air or water.
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People
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Members of the politically prominent Bush family
- Prescott Bush, U.S. Senator and financier, and his son:
- Prescott Bush, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth Bush
- George H. W. Bush, U.S. President 1989–1993, his First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, and their children:
- George W. Bush, U.S. President 2001—, his First Lady Laura Welch Bush, and their daughters:
- John Ellis ‘Jeb’ Bush, Governor of Florida 1999—, and his son
- Marvin Bush
- Neil Bush, and his daughter
- Dorothy Bush Koch
- Other children of Prescott Bush:
- Jonathan Bush, and his son Billy Bush
- Nancy Bush Ellis, and her son John Prescott Ellis
- Prescott Bush, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth Bush
- James Smith Bush, grandfather of Prescott Bush, and Samuel P. Bush, father of Prescott Bush
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Other people
- American scientist Vannevar Bush
- Musician Kate Bush
- Robert Bush, Australian politician and English cricketer
- American actress Sophia Bush
- Donie Bush, baseball player and manager of the early 20th century
