[noun] [C] - a plant, esp. grown in gardens, with many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard woody stem, giving the plant a rounded shapeBushes and shrubs are often the same plants, but tend to be called 'shrubs' when they are intentionally cultivated in gardens and 'bushes' when they grow wild or in an uncontrolled way.She planted some roses and other flowering shrubs.Shrubs can live for many years and the different species vary in size from a few centimetres to several metres tall.I'd like some advice about planting a shrub border at the end of my garden.
SHRUB
Meaning of SHRUB in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012