SHRUB


Meaning of SHRUB in English

n. a woody plant smaller than a tree and having a very short stem with branches near the ground. shrubby adj.

[ ME f. OE scrubb, scrybb shrubbery: cf. NFris. skrobb brushwood, WFlem. schrobbe vetch, Norw. skrubba dwarf cornel, and SCRUB(2) ]

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