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Bush comes to us from the English and Scandinavian concept of thicket or a short, dense, woody growth. So it now refers to a many stemmed woody plant. Shrub comes from Old English scrybb meaning a brushwood. In the Eighteenth century a shrubbery was a screening woodland with interesting plantings revealed by following its pathways. Shrub and bush are a horticultural distinction to describe a small multi-stemmed, woody plant with mature growth under 6m (20ft). Several understory trees can become multi-stemmed or single stemmed given different growth conditions so are included within the category. In common use bush has come to refer to the shorter shrubs with thick, low or spreading growth. Roses are defined as bushes, including miniatures, except for one class, shrub roses. Shrub roses are taller cultivars with forms that do not fit either old garden or modern rose classes but do not achieve the stature of climbers. This class includes members from English shrub roses, Kordes' roses of Germany, and American bred Buck roses. EDIT:

Roses are not defined as bushes, although a large amount of roses are bushes/shrubs.There are a few herbaceous roses (herbaceous meaning a plant that has little or no wood). An example of this would be the Kansas Peony Rose.

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