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Definition of Wormwood Scrubs from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Wormwood Scrubs

 
/ˌwɜːmwʊd ˈskrʌbz/
 
/ˌwɜːrmwʊd ˈskrʌbz/
(also also informal the Scrubs)
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  1. a prison for male prisoners in west London. It was built in 1874-90, partly by prisoners who were being kept there.
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