[f. BUSH sb.1 9.] A name given to certain climbing shrubs in tropical forests, esp. to species of Cissus or Wild Vine.
1814. Q. Rev., XI. 70. They are in many places so closely interwoven with rattan and bush-rope that they seem to be spun together.
1825. Waterton, Wand. S. Amer., I. i. 91. A vine called the Bush-rope by the wood cutters, on account of its use in hauling out the heaviest timber.
1826. Syd. Smith, Wks. (1859), II. 74. The bush-rope joins tree and tree, so as to render the forest impervious.
