shrubless
noun
a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English shrubbe, Old English scrybb brushwood; cognate with dialectal Danish skrub
before 1000; Middle English shrubbe, Old English scrybb brushwood; cognate with dialectal Danish skrub
Related forms
shrub·less, adjective
shrub·like, adjective
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shrub1 (ʃrʌb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem | |
| [Old English scrybb; related to Middle Low German schrubben coarse, uneven, Old Swedish skrubba to | |
| 'shrublike1 | |
| —adj | |
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| shrub2 (ʃrʌb) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, sugar, and spice |
| 2. | mixed fruit juice, sugar, and spice made commercially to be mixed with rum or other spirits |
| [C18: from Arabic sharāb, variant of shurb drink; see | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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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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