noun
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a place where a number of shrubs are planted
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shrubs collectively
Etymology
Origin of shrubbery
Vocabulary lists containing shrubbery
Example Sentences
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Both camps were concealed in undergrowth and shrubbery and he had also taken to shaving his head to change his appearance and evade police.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
Light jazz played from unseen speakers in a grassy landscape ribboned with walkways and dotted with drought-tolerant shrubbery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
She quickly sprayed down shrubbery she could reach, saw a neighbor on his roof doing the same, then grabbed her purse, and opened the door and gates so the fire department would have access.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Police arrested him after noticing the tip of a rifle poking through shrubbery a few hundred yards away from Trump who was inside the golf course.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
It stood in a large, well-tended garden, with shrubbery at one side and a gravel drive sweeping up to the front door.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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