undershrub

American  

[uhn-der-shruhb] / ˈʌn dərˌʃrʌb /

noun

1. a low shrub.

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undershrub British  

/ ˈʌndəˌʃrʌb /

noun

1. another name for subshrub

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Etymology

Origin of undershrub

First recorded in 1590–1600; under- + shrub ¹

Example Sentences

Seeds subglobose, roughened or reticulated, not carunculate.—Erect herbs or undershrubs, with purplish juice, and alternate usually stipulate leaves.

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Its long, coarse, hispid stems run riot over small undershrubs or dead or unsightly brushwood, often completely covering them with a mound of foliage thickly sown with the dull-purple flowers.

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It is an evergreen climbing undershrub, having whitish green flowers, and grows readily from suckers.

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Otherwise the ground is dry, and tolerably well drained; it appears to have been formerly wooded; at present the environs are occupied by undershrubs. 

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Small undershrubs, producing bright yellow flowers in profusion in July and August; 2-4 ft.

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