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  • bush tea
     [Car.; SA idem; cf. BUSH 4] n. an infusion made from wild herbs, usually medicinal: 1888 What they call bush
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  • bush snail
    n. a land snail, Hemitrochus varians: 1978 (Campbell 90).
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  • bush-runner
    [cf. BUSH 1 and DAE bushwhacker take to the bush] n. a person living in an otherwise uninhabited area. (San
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  • bush medicine
    [Car. cf. BUSH 4] n. herbal remedies; obeah charms: 1966 (Otterbeim 60). (Gen.)
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  • bush mechanic
    [cf. SA idem, a very rough and ready workman] n. an inexpert tinkerer; an automobile repairman with no mechanical training
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  • bush man
    [W Car.; cf. BUSH 4] n. 1. an herbalist. 2. an OBEAH MAN. = BUSH DOCTOR (Gen.)
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  • bush fence
    [W Car.] n. a row of prickly plants to separate fields. (Gen.)
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  • bushels
    n. sing. or pl. bushel: 1918 One bushels of corn (Parsons 49).
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  • bushel off
    [from measurement] v.phr. to put (crops) into bushel baskets. (Mayag.)
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  • bush doctor
    [Car.; cf. BUSH 4 ; cf. also Haitian dòtkè fey idem HCEFD ] n. 1. a practitioner of herbal remedies.
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