Home › Words › H › hopbushhopbushhopbush means any of the genus Dodonaea of flowering plants in the soapberry family, especially Dodonaea viscosa.EtymologyFrom hop + bush.nounAny of the genus Dodonaea of flowering plants in the soapberry family, especially Dodonaea viscosa.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.varnishleaf 67% match — hopbush, soapwood, akeake (Dodonaea viscosa) vs hopbush →blushwood 62% match — Any of various Australian flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. vs hopbush →milkbush 61% match — Any of various plants of the genus Euphorbia. vs hopbush →spearbush 60% match — A plant native to Australia, Pandorea doratoxylon. vs hopbush →soapberry 60% match — Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus. vs hopbush →doghobble 60% match — Any of several species of shrubs belonging to genus Leucothoe. vs hopbush →aalii 59% match — A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood. vs hopbush →socketwood 59% match — Any of various plants of the genus Daphnandra, native to Australia. vs hopbush →