1. n. a woody plant smaller than a tree and having a very short stem with branches near the ground.
Derivatives:
shrubby adj.
Etymology: ME f. OE scrubb, scrybb shrubbery: cf. NFris. skrobb brushwood, WFlem. schrobbe vetch, Norw. skrubba dwarf cornel, and SCRUB(2) 2. n. a cordial made of sweetened fruit-juice and spirits, esp. rum.
Etymology: Arab. surb, sarab f. sariba to drink: cf. SHERBET, SYRUP