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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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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