shrub


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shrub1
noun a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.
– derivatives
shrubby adjective .
– origin OE scrubb, scrybb ‘shrubbery’; cf. scrub2.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shrub2
noun
  • 1 a drink made of sweetened fruit juice and rum or brandy.
  • 2 N. Amer. a slightly acid cordial made from fruit juice and water.
– origin C18: from Arab. šurb, šarāb, from šariba ‘to drink’; cf. sherbet and syrup.
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