noun
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a place where a number of shrubs are planted
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shrubs collectively
Etymology
Origin of shrubbery
Example Sentences
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Others put up fences and prickly shrubbery to deter loiterers.
From Los Angeles Times
To create such wide roads, engineers would need to smash boulders, cut trees and strip shrubbery, which he said will weaken slopes and make them “more susceptible to natural disasters.”
From Seattle Times
To create such wide roads, engineers would need to smash boulders, cut trees and strip shrubbery, which would weaken slopes and make them “more susceptible to natural disasters,” said veteran environmentalist Ravi Chopra.
From Seattle Times
With its specially placed rocks, a pond with a bridge, Japanese maples, sculptured black pines and a variety of shrubbery, the garden needs a lot of maintenance.
From Seattle Times
Everyone in the group was searching for one thing: the psychedelic plant known as peyote, or hikuri — a small, squishy cactus camouflaged underneath the shrubbery.
From New York Times
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