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buisson

Pronunciation: /bɥi.sɔ̃/

“buisson” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bush
  2. brush, thicket (wild vegetation)

In French

  1. Touffe d’arbustes sauvages.
  2. Nuage de poussière soulevé par une tornade.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French buisson, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).

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