shrubby

[ shruhb-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, shrub·bi·er, shrub·bi·est.

shrubby

/ ˈʃrʌbɪ /

Origin of shrubby¹

First recorded in 1530–40; shrub ¹ + -y ¹

The shrubby apparatus reminded Burns of a termite mound, with a communal store of resources and the segregation of different jobs in the colony.

It bears a truly desolate appearance, being nothing but ridges of bare white sand, scantily crowned with a few shrubby bushes.

The town stands upon an elevated prairie, upon which may be found a few groves of shrubby timber.

I measured some near the Highland Light in Truro, which had been taken from the shrubby woods thereabouts when young, and grafted.

These lanes were very dusty at the time, and were hemmed in with an uninteresting shrubby growth on each side.

Araliace, which is nearly related to the Umbellifer, but the species are of a more shrubby habit.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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