shrub
noun/ʃrʌb/
/ʃrʌb/
- a large plant that is smaller than a tree and that has several stems of wood coming from the ground synonym bush
- evergreen shrubs
- shrub roses
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesc2, Gardensc2- Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.
- Tender shrubs don't grow well here.
- The bed is planted with flowering shrubs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deciduous
- evergreen
- dwarf
- …
- grow
- plant
- put in
- …
- grow
- flower
- species
- rose
- be planted with shrubs
- a variety of shrub
Word OriginOld English scrubb, scrybb ‘shrubbery’; compare with West Flemish schrobbe ‘vetch’, Norwegian skrubba ‘dwarf cornel’ (a type of dogwood), also with the noun scrub senses 2 and 3.Want to learn more?
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