SHRUBBED
Etymology
Adjective
shrubbed (not comparable)
Having shrubs.
a richly-shrubbed garden
Source: Wiktionary
SHRUB
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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