English → Latin
“bushy” in Latin
fruticōsusbushy, shrubby; fruticosefrŭtectōsusfull of busheshorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfhī̆rsūtusrough, shaggy, bristly, prickly; hairy, hirsutedūmōsusovergrown with thorn, briar etc.fruticētuma grouping of shrubs or bushes, a thicket, covertveprētuma thicket of brambles, a hedge of brambles
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bushy
thick, fruticosus, frutectosus.
Of hair, horridus, hirsutus.
Covered with bushes, virgultis obsitus, frutectosus, fruticosus; dumosus. A bushy place, fruticetum; vepretum, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bushy?
- The usual Latin words for “bushy” are fruticōsus, frŭtectōsus, horridus; also hī̆rsūtus, dūmōsus, fruticētum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.