shrub
1a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
Origin of shrub
1Other words from shrub
- shrubless, adjective
- shrublike, adjective
Words Nearby shrub
Other definitions for shrub (2 of 2)
any of various acidulated beverages made from the juice of fruit, sugar, and other ingredients, often including alcohol.
Origin of shrub
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How to use shrub in a sentence
Highly portable, they’re easy to use in gardens, behind shrubs, and anywhere that collects dead leaves.
Leaf blowers that help you fight fallen foliage | PopSci Commerce Team | September 25, 2020 | Popular-ScienceShrubs tend to burn hot, but shrub ecosystems are well-adapted to fire.
What the Photos of Wildfires and Smoke Don’t Show You | by Elizabeth Weil and Lisa Larson-Walker | September 21, 2020 | ProPublicaThat heat and dryness turned grasses, shrubs, and trees into easy tinder, ready to ignite at the slightest spark.
“Unprecedented”: What’s behind the California, Oregon, and Washington wildfires | Umair Irfan | September 11, 2020 | VoxSDG&E said an increased risk from shrubs and bushes “has no relevance to the issue,” meaning it’s trees that matter here.
Watchdog Warns: SDG&E’s Tree-Trimming Plan Could Worsen Wildfires | MacKenzie Elmer | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAll this suggested that Antarctica was once a forest full of conifers, ferns and flowering shrubs.
A rainforest once grew near the South Pole | Carolyn Gramling | May 11, 2020 | Science News For Students
Luis, whose heart was severed by the blade, had collapsed under a large shrub.
It was supposed by many on its discovery to grow like the engraving given—in form resembling a tree or shrub rather than an herb.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Almost any other kind of shrub'd have died long ago, neglected as things have been, but you can't kill a currant bush.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondBrutus was getting well, but there would always be a scar on his shoulder, where the sharp-pointed shrub had entered the flesh.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesHe shook his cramped limbs with as little ceremony as if Kano were a shrub, and then turned, with the evident intention of flight.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
British Dictionary definitions for shrub (1 of 2)
/ (ʃrʌb) /
a woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem
Origin of shrub
1Derived forms of shrub
- shrublike, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for shrub (2 of 2)
/ (ʃrʌb) /
a mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, sugar, and spice
mixed fruit juice, sugar, and spice made commercially to be mixed with rum or other spirits
Origin of shrub
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for shrub
[ shrŭb ]
A woody plant that is smaller than a tree, usually having several stems rather than a single trunk; a bush.
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