shrub

Pronunciation: /ʃɹʌb/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Etymology

From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

bush

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
woody plant
Narrower (hyponyms)
tasman dwarf pine, chinese holly, japanese angelica tree, toyon, matrimony vine, mimosa

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