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subshrub
sub·shrub S0851100 (sŭb′shrŭb′)n. A low-growing perennial plant having a woody lower stem.subshrub (ˈsʌbˌʃrʌb) n (Botany) a small bushy plant that is woody except for the tips of the branches ˈsubˌshrubby adjsub•shrub (ˈsʌbˌʃrʌb)
n. a plant consisting of a woody, perennial base with annual, herbaceous shoots. [1850–55] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | subshrub - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody basesuffrutexdarling pea, poison bush - either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheepAmsonia tabernaemontana, blue star - subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymesperiwinkle - chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowersAralia nudicaulis, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla - common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North AmericaAmerican spikenard, Aralia racemosa, life-of-man, petty morel - unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to MexicoAralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder - bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal barkbloodleaf - any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliageCleome pinnata, desert plume, Stanleya pinnata, prince's-plume - perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus CleomeCalifornia tree poppy, matilija poppy, Romneya coulteri - tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowersburdock, clotbur - any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing bursArgyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, marguerite - perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemumwormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidiumsage brush, sagebrush - any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidiumbeggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingcentaury - any plant of the genus Centaureamatchbush, matchweed - any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matchesguayule, Parthenium argentatum - much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubberAmerican feverfew, Parthenium integrifolium, prairie dock, wild quinine - stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burnsbastard pimpernel, chaffweed, false pimpernel - weedy plant having short dry chafflike leavesthrift - any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowersmarsh rosemary, sea lavender, statice - any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowerscorchorus - any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jutediapensia - any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensialoosestrife - any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrumdeer grass, meadow beauty - any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North AmericaSt John's wort - any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evilfalse heather, golden heather, Hudsonia ericoides - North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowersbeach heather, Hudsonia tomentosa, poverty grass - small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North AmericaCassia fasciculata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant - tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus CassiaCassia tora, Senna obtusifolia, sicklepod - cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia |
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