bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially
: being thick and spreading
Examples of bushy in a Sentence
an animal with a bushy tail
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This creates a bushier, fuller-looking plant.
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
Pruning can improve airflow, increase flowering, and make your Christmas cactus look fuller and bushier.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
The compact, bushy plant is 18 inches tall and wide and is ideal for growing in small spaces and containers.
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Norse heritage remains popular: Viking festivals draw throngs, bushy beards are de rigueur.
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
Pruning can improve airflow, increase flowering, and make your Christmas cactus look fuller and bushier.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
The compact, bushy plant is 18 inches tall and wide and is ideal for growing in small spaces and containers.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Norse heritage remains popular: Viking festivals draw throngs, bushy beards are de rigueur.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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bushy
adjective
bushier; bushiest
1
: overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush : being thick and spreading
a bushy beard
bushiness
noun
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