burning bush

English

Noun

burning bush (plural burning bushes)

1. A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.
2. An ornamental shrub () that bears a red berry.
3. A perennial herb () which gives off so much essential oil that it can sometimes be lit and will burn briefly without harming the plant.

Synonyms

• (Euonymus atropurpureus): wahoo
• (Dictamnus albus): fraxinella, dittany, gas plant

Translations

biblical object

• Czech: hořící keř, ohnivý keř
• Danish: brændende tornebusk
• French: buisson ardent (fr) m
• German: brennender Dornbusch m
• Hebrew: הַסְּנֶה הַבּוֹעֵר
• Indonesian: semak duri berapi
• Italian: roveto ardente m
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• Latin: rubus ardens
• Polish: krzew gorejący m
• Portuguese: sarça ardente f
• Russian: неопали́мая купина́ (ru) f (neopalímaja kupiná)
• Spanish: zarza ardiente f
• Tamil: எரியும் முட்செடி (eriyum muṭceṭi)
• Ukrainian: неопалима купина f (neopalyma kupyna)
• Urdu: جلتی جھاڑی

ornamental shrub

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Dictamnus albus — see gas plant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “burning bush”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)