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shrub
1
[shruhb] 
–noun
| a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME shrubbe, OE scrybb brushwood; c. dial. Dan skrub
bef. 1000; ME shrubbe, OE scrybb brushwood; c. dial. Dan skrub
Related forms:
shrubless, adjective
shrublike, adjective
shrub
2 [shruhb] –noun
| any of various acidulated beverages made from the juice of fruit, sugar, and other ingredients, often including alcohol. |
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| shrub 1 (shrŭb) n. A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush. [Middle English schrubbe, from Old English scrybb; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| shrub 2 (shrŭb) n. A beverage made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy. [From Arabic šurb, a drink, from šariba, to drink; see śrb in Semitic roots.] |
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Shrub
Shrub\, n. [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.] (Bot.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.Shrub
Shrub\, v. t. To lop; to prune. [Obs.] --Anderson (1573).
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Language Translation for : shrub
Spanish:
arbusto,
German:
der Strauch,
Japanese:
低木
shrub
O.E. scrybb "brushwood, shrubbery," a rare and late word, possibly from a Scand. source (cf. dial. Dan. skrub "brushwood," Norw. skrubba "dwarf tree"). Presumably related to N.Fris. skrobb "broom plant, brushwood;" W.Flem. schrobbe "climbing wild pea." Shrubbery first attested 1748.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| shrub (shrŭb) Pronunciation Key
A woody plant that is smaller than a tree, usually having several stems rather than a single trunk; a bush. |
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