# bush (plant)

a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in space

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: bush

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [growth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-growth.development), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [live](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-live.biological), [arrangement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-arrangement.spatial), [life](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-life.biological), [little](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-little.size), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [small](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-small.size)

**Through:** the matter grows over time, persists through change by using energy, and forms a structured arrangement of parts in space

**Novel properties:**
- organized living structure
- persistent spatial form
- bounded growth

## Examples
- The creosote bush in Death Valley survived 11,700 years by cloning, forming a ring of stems from a shared root system. *(biology)*
- The 'Bush' sculpture at Storm King Art Center, made of steel branches, stands as a human-scale representation of organic form. *(art)*
- In 2019, a power outage in Venezuela cascaded when vegetation encroached on transmission lines, tripping safety systems. *(engineering)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bush.plant*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bush.plant.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*