Shrub

What do we mean by shrub?

A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush. noun

A beverage made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy. noun

To prune down so that a shrubby form shall be preserved.

To reduce (a person) to poverty by winning his whole stock: a word used at play.

To clear land of small growth by cutting it off at the ground.

An obsolete form of scrub.

A drink or cordial prepared from the juice of fruit and various other ingredients. noun

A cordial or syrup consisting of the acid juice of some fruit, as the raspberry, cooked with sugar and vinegar, and diluted with water when used. noun

A woody plant with stems branched from or near the ground, and, in general, smaller than a tree; a bush, or woody vine. noun

Synonyms Bush, Herb, etc. See vegetable, n. noun

To lop; to prune. transitive verb

A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root. noun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it. noun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur. noun

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base. noun

To lop; to prune. verb

A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems noun

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Words that are spelled similarly to shrub:
shrub, scrub, shrug, shrum, shub, shlub, strub, shrab, shaub, shru.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shrub:
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Words that rhyme with shrub:
club, hub, snub, scrub, stub, dub, rub, sub, grub, cub, squib, tub, nub, pub, drub, bub, schlub, nightclub, chubb, scrib, country club, washtub, chess club, slate club, golf club, tennis club, glee club, rotary club, tiger cub, yacht club, grubb, lion cub, supper club, jockey club, indian club, tubb, strub, check stub, service club, ticket stub, hunt club, lions club, wolf cub, farm club, ball club, baseball club, rowing club, racket club, stubbe, bear cub, bubb, golden club, jubb, grainy club, soldier grainy club, clubb, homeclub, sportsclub, strubbe.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shrub:
small, large, low, deciduous, tall, hardy, beautiful, ornamental, little, erect, common, bushy, growing, handsome, thorny, perennial, native, branched, dense, woody, upright, attractive, compact, spiny, prickly, pretty, slender, like, green, tropical, leaved, prostrate, flowering, wild, aromatic, graceful, vigorous, fine, rounded, sub, sized, useful, flowered, fragrant, excellent, neat, lovely, rare, elegant, south, popular, charming, sweet, foot, scandent, scented, dominant, thick, stunted, showy, mere, leguminous, valuable, indigenous, interesting, known, north, chinese, leafless, japanese, smaller, curious, desirable, leafy, poisonous, occasional, glabrous, evergreen, tiny, delightful, succulent, nearby, looking, magnificent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shrub:
vegetation, roses, heath, oaks, steppe, communities, layer, cover, heaths, tundra, carr, oak, althea, lands, type, community, invasion, stratum, ranges, wood, coppice, planting, story, borders, areas, form, land, trees, swamps, vegetations, thickets, tree, zone, herb, desert, doctor, invasions, stage, border, density, associations, encroachment, patches, growth, carrs, habitat, composition, facilitation, response, types, association, clumps, habitats, marshes, coverage, seedlings, willows, forest, height, gout, component, fruits, species, beds, feeding, dynamics, synusia, mats, plantations, grass, bogs, formations, complex, establishment, grassland, deserts, plants, plain, steppes, crops, heathland, bushes, palms, birch.

Words that sound like shrub:
shrub, schrupp, shrubs, srop, sra, srap, shub, shrap, shrubby, shra, srb, shrape, schub, arab, chirrup, trub, shib, sheb, shrew, shrug, sre, sri, trib, schwab, shri, sheree, schaub, shab, shree, schlub, shoob, schreiber, shupp, sraw, treb, shlub, shore up, schupp, shru, shaub, shobe, sro, shrow, arib, schrieber, schwabe, scheibe, shro, sru, schrei, sras, oreb, tribe, syrup, grub, cherub, chub, chubb, drub, grubb, trup, trupp, cerb, traub, jubb, trab, aerobe, srp, traube, arop, jra, trieb, jrb, ship, shrimp, shep, shipp, -ship, schip, schweppe, schremp, schep, crib, gibb, grib, cribb, greb, drib, chah, chabot, chib, cheb, hsa, creb, ashura, asherah, gyb, arep, erip, frib.