Shrub

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: shrÅ­b, IPA: /ʃɹʌb/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒb

From Old English schrob scrob, or scrobb; akin to Norwegian skrubba the dwarf cornel tree

Full definition of shrub

Noun

1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Synonyms

• bush (plant)

Derived terms

• semishrubby
• shrubbery
• shrubby
• subshrub
• undershrub

Verb

1. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

From Arabic شراب (shiraab, "a drink, beverage"), شرب (sháriba, "to drink"), akin to sirup, sherbet

Noun

1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Anagrams

• brush