Shrub

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  • noun. A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush.
  • noun. A beverage made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To prune down so that a shrubby form shall be preserved.
  • To reduce (a person) to poverty by winning his whole stock: a word used at play.
  • An obsolete form of scrub.
  • noun. A drink or cordial prepared from the juice of fruit and various other ingredients.
  • noun. A cordial or syrup consisting of the acid juice of some fruit, as the raspberry, cooked with sugar and vinegar, and diluted with water when used.
  • noun. A woody plant with stems branched from or near the ground, and, in general, smaller than a tree; a bush, or woody vine.
  • noun. Synonyms Bush, Herb, etc. See vegetable, n.
  • To clear land of small growth by cutting it off at the ground.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
  • transitive verb. To lop; to prune.
  • noun. A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
  • verb. To lop; to prune.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  • Word Usage
    "Things are so bad for bushlandia over the Miers thing that the shrub is appealing to some puke senators that if they dont toe the line on Miers, HIS PRESIDENCY IS AT STAKE."
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    Cub  Hub  bub  chubb  club  
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    Herb  blossom  bough  bramble  bush  
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