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undershrub

[ uhn-der-shruhb ]

noun

  1. a low shrub.


undershrub

/ ˈʌndəˌʃrʌb /

noun

  1. another name for subshrub
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of undershrub1

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

A native undershrub of very variable size, according to the position in which it is found growing.

Under the redwoods, or in moist caons in their vicinity, may be found this pretty undershrub trailing over banks or brushwood.

It is an undershrub, the stem of which is compressed and angular below, and armed with prickles at the angles.

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