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SHRUB, n. A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and lower than trees.

Gooseberries and currants are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. Locke.

SHRUB, n. [L. sorbeo.] A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirir to preserve it; usually the acid of lemons.

SHRUB, v.t. To clear of shrubs.



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SHRUB, n. A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and lower than trees.

Gooseberries and currants are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. Locke.

SHRUB, n. [L. sorbeo.] A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirir to preserve it; usually the acid of lemons.

SHRUB, v.t. To clear of shrubs.


SHRUB, n.1 [Sax. scrob, G. schroff, rugged; Ir. sgrabach, rough. See Scrub.]

A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and lower than in trees. – Encyc. Martyn. Gooseberries and currants are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. – Locke.


SHRUB, n.2 [Ar. شُرْبٌ shurbon, drink, and from the same source, sirup. The Arabic verb signifies to drink, to imbibe, whence L. sorbeo. See Sherbet and Absorb.]

A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirit to preserve it: usually the acid of lemons.


SHRUB, v.t.

To clear of shrubs. – Anderson.


Shrub
  1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
  2. A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
  3. To lop; to prune.

    [Obs.] Anderson (1573).
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Shrub

SHRUB, noun A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and lower than trees.

Gooseberries and currants are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. Locke.

SHRUB, noun [Latin sorbeo.] A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirir to preserve it; usually the acid of lemons.

SHRUB, verb transitive To clear of shrubs.

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