SHRUB

shrub, bush

(noun) a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

A play on his surname Bush, shrub being another word for bush.

Proper noun

Shrub

(derogatory, informal) Former U.S. president George W. Bush.

Anagrams

• Brush, bruhs, brush, burhs

Etymology 1

Noun

shrub (plural shrubs)

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

Synonyms

• bush (plant)

Verb

shrub (third-person singular simple present shrubs, present participle shrubbing, simple past and past participle shrubbed)

(obsolete) To lop; to prune.

(transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

Etymology 2

Noun

shrub (countable and uncountable, plural shrubs)

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.

Anagrams

• Brush, bruhs, brush, burhs

Source: Wiktionary

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Shrub, n. Etym: [Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink. Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.]

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

Shrub, n. Etym: [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.] (Bot.)

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

Shrub, v. t.

Definition: To lop; to prune. [Obs.] Anderson (1573).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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