-bē, -bi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: shrub (I) + -y
1. : consisting of or covered with shrubs
every shrubby field was alive with butterflies — William Beebe
2. : resembling a shrub (as in size, habit, or growth) : scrubby
a subalpine species, usually shrubby or prostrate in habit — William Dallimore & A.B.Jackson