- a woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem
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shrub1 /ʃrʌb/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Botanya woody plant smaller than a tree.
shrub1
(shrub),USA pronunciation n.
shrub′less, adj.
shrub′like′, adj.
shrub2 (shrub),USA pronunciation n.
- Botanya woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
- bef. 1000; Middle English shrubbe, Old English scrybb brushwood; cognate with dialect, dialectal Danish skrub
shrub′like′, adj.
shrub2 (shrub),USA pronunciation n.
- Foodany of various acidulated beverages made from the juice of fruit, sugar, and other ingredients, often including alcohol.
- Arabic, metathetic variant of shurb drink; see sherbet
- 1740–50
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shrub /ʃrʌb/ n
shrub /ʃrʌb/ n
- a mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, sugar, and spice
'shrub' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acacia
- acanthus
- acer
- acerola
- alder
- anil
- arctic willow
- banksia
- barberry
- bauera
- berberis
- bignonia
- birch
- blackcurrant
- blackthorn
- black wattle
- bonsai
- boronia
- box
- branch
- briar
- buddleia
- burning bush
- bush
- bush tea
- butcher's-broom
- calabash
- camellia
- canker
- caper
- cascara
- cinchona
- citrus
- clematis
- conifer
- correa
- cotoneaster
- cowberry
- croton
- daphne
- deutzia
- dhal
- dogwood
- ephedra
- erica
- espalier
- eucryphia
- euonymus
- evergreen
- fatshedera