adjective
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consisting of, planted with, or abounding in shrubs
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resembling a shrub
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Origin of shrubby
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Still, with its beautiful glossy green leaves, fragrant white flowers and shrubby habit, Coffea arabica makes a handsome and fun houseplant.
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Beavers will also gnaw down trees along the water to open up space and stimulate the growth of the shrubby vegetation they love to eat, Dittbrenner said.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
What were once lush woodlands had become a dry, shrubby landscape called a chaparral, and large fires were common.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
Where the visually receding bars end, a crisp white rectangle becomes uncanny architecture, transforming all those contiguous curves into a suggestion of shrubby landscape.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023
And when I looked I didn’t see anything but a shrubby tree and papery acorns underneath it and she said Hazelnuts!
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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