Bush (disambiguation)

Bush is a family name, and also the name of places and things.

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.

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 civilisation, 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.

People

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:
      • Barbara and Jenna Bush
    • John Ellis ‘Jeb’ Bush, Governor of Florida 1999—, and his son
      • George P. Bush
    • Marvin Bush
    • Neil Bush, and his daughter
      • Lauren Bush
    • 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

Others

• American scientist Vannevar Bush
• Musician Kate Bush
• Robert Bush, Australian politician and English cricketer