shrub
NounUS[shruhb]/ʃrʌb/1 syllable
Synonyms:
bush
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)shrubs
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stemsSynonyms: bushType of woody plant, ligneous plantKinds rose, lilac, frangipani, honeysuckle, manzanita, yucca, bird's-eye bush, mesquite, fothergilla, screw tree +282 moreMember of shrubbery
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Shrub noun
Origin: Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink. Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Shrub noun
Origin: OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.
Botany A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Shrub transitive verb
To lop; to prune. obsolete Anthony Anderson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54