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Shrub

Shrub Meaning & Definition
Shrub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shrub?

[n] A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shrub: bush

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See Also | Acocanthera oblongifolia | Acocanthera oppositifolia | Acocanthera spectabilis | Acocanthera venenata | Adam's apple | Adenium multiflorum | Adenium obesum | allspice | alpine totara | American angelica tree | American spicebush | Anadenanthera colubrina | Aralia elata | Aralia spinosa | Aralia stipulata | Argyroxiphium sandwicense | artemisia | Baccharis halimifolia | Baccharis pilularis | Baccharis viminea | barberry | barilla | Bassia scoparia | Batis maritima | belvedere | Benjamin bush | Benzoin odoriferum | Biscutalla laevigata | black bead | black greasewood | blue cohosh | blueberry root | Brassaia actinophylla | buckler mustard | burning bush | bush poppy | bushman's poison | calliandra | caper | carissa | catclaw | cat's-claw | Caulophyllum thalictrioides | Caulophyllum thalictroides | chaparral broom | Chilean rimu | Chimonanthus praecox | Chinese angelica | Chinese angelica tree | coffee rose | Comptonia asplenifolia | Comptonia peregrina | consumption weed | corkwood | corkwood tree | cotton-seed tree | coyote brush | coyote bush | crape jasmine | crepe gardenia | crepe jasmine | Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Dacridium laxifolius | desert rose | devil's walking stick | East Indian rosebay | ephedra | firebush | frangipani | frangipanni | glasswort | goldenbush | greasewood | groundsel bush | groundsel tree | Hazardia cana | Hercules'-club | hoary golden bush | hollygrape | holly-leaves barberry | impala lily | Japan allspice | Japanese allspice | Japanese angelica tree | joint fir | kali | kelpwort | kidney wort | Kochia scoparia | kudu lily | Leitneria floridana | Lepidothamnus fonkii | Lepidothamnus laxifolius | ligneous plant | Lindera benzoin | Lysiloma sabicu | Mahonia aquifolium | Mahonia nervosa | mesquit | mesquite | Microstrobos niphophilus | mimosa | mock azalia | mountain grape | mountain rimu | mule fat | Myrica gale | Nero's crown | ordeal tree | Oregon grape | Oregon holly grape | papoose root | papooseroot | pepper shrub | pinwheel flower | Piptadenia macrocarpa | Pithecellodium unguis-cati | Podocarpus nivalis | poison arrow plant | Pseudowintera colorata | rauvolfia | rauwolfia | Russian cactus | Russian thistle | Russian tumbleweed | sabicu | Salsola kali | Salsola kali tenuifolia | Salsola soda | saltbush | saltwort | Sarcobatus vermiculatus | Schefflera actinophylla | Scotch gale | shrubbery | silversword | spice bush | spicebush | squaw root | squawroot | strophanthus | summer cypress | sweet fern | sweet gale | Tabernaemontana divaricate | Tasman dwarf pine | Thevetia neriifolia | Thevetia peruviana | tree poppy | tumbleweed | umbrella tree | wax myrtle | winged pigweed | winter sweet | Wintera colorata | woody plant | yellow oleander

Shrub In Webster's Dictionary

\Shrub\, n. [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\, n. [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.] (Bot.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
\Shrub\, v. t. To lop; to prune. [Obs.] --Anderson (1573).

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