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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shrub1 /ʃrʌb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanya woody plant smaller than a tree.
shrub•by, adj., -bi•er, -bi•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shrub1 (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
- 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shrub /ʃrʌb/ n - a woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem
Etymology: Old English scrybb; related to Middle Low German schrubben coarse, uneven, Old Swedish skrubba to scrub1ˈshrubˌlike adj shrub /ʃrʌb/ n - a mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, sugar, and spice
Etymology: 18th Century: from Arabic sharāb, variant of shurb drink; see sherbet |