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subshrub

[suhb-shruhb]

sub·shrub

[suhb-shruhb]
noun
a plant consisting of a woody, perennial base with annual, herbaceous shoots.

Origin:
1850–55; sub- + shrub

sub·shrub·by, adjective
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Subshrub is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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subshrub (ˈsʌbˌʃrʌb)
 
n
a small bushy plant that is woody except for the tips of the branches
 
'subshrubby
 
adj

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