Definitions for Shrub
ʃrʌbshrub

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shrub, bushnoun

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shrubnoun

   Etymology: scribbe , Saxon.

   1. A bush; a small tree.

   Trees generally shoot up in one great stem or body; and then at a good distance from the earth spread into branches; thus gooseberries and currans are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. John Locke.

   He came unto a gloomy glade,
   Cover’d with boughs and shrubs from heav’n’s light. Fa. Q.

   Th’ humble shrub and bush with frizled hair. John Milton.

   All might have been as well brushwood and shrubs. More.

   Comedy is a representation of common life, in low subjects, and is a kind of juniper, a shrub belonging to the species of cedar. Dryden.

   I’ve liv’d
   Amidst these woods, gleaning from thorns and shrubs
   A wretched sustenance. Addison.

   2. [A cant word.] Spirit, acid, and sugar mixed.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shrub

   A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than 6–10 m (20–33 ft) tall. Small shrubs, less than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall are sometimes termed as subshrubs. Many botanical groups have species that are shrubs, and others that are trees and herbaceous plants instead. Some definitions state that a shrub is less than 6 m (20 ft) and a tree is over 6 m. Others use 10 m (33 ft) as the cut-off point for classification. Many species of tree may not reach this mature height because of hostile less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble a shrub-sized plant. However, such species have the potential to grow taller under the ideal growing conditions for that plant. In terms of longevity, most shrubs fit in a class between perennials and trees; some may only last about five years even in good conditions, others, usually the larger and more woody ones, may live to 70 or more, but on average they last 7–10 years.Shrubland is the natural landscape dominated by various shrubs; there are many distinct types around the world, including fynbos, maquis, shrub-steppe, shrub swamp and moorland. In gardens and parks, an area largely dedicated to shrubs (now somewhat less fashionable than a century ago) is called a shrubbery, shrub border or shrub garden. There are many garden cultivars of shrubs, bred for flowering, for example rhododendrons, and sometimes even leaf colour or shape. Compared to trees and herbaceous plants, perhaps a relatively small number of shrubs have agricultural or commercial uses. Apart from the several berry-bearing species (using the culinary rather than botanical definition), few are eaten directly, and they are generally too small for much timber use unlike trees. Those that are used include several perfumed species such as lavender and rose, and a wide range of plants with medicinal uses. Tea and coffee are on the tree-shrub boundary; they are normally harvested from shrub-sized plants, but these would be large enough to become small trees if left to grow instead.

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1. shrub

   A shrub is a type of woody plant that is smaller than a tree and typically has several main stems rising at or near the ground. Shrubs are usually less than 20 feet in height and can be evergreen or decidicuous. They are commonly used in landscaping for their decorative features like flowers, fruits, foliage, and bark.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shrubnoun

   a liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it

2. Shrubnoun

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

3. Shrubverb

   to lop; to prune

4. Etymology: [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Shrub

   A shrub is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 6 m tall. Plants of many species may grow either into shrubs or trees, depending on their growing conditions. Small, low shrubs, generally less than 2 m tall, such as lavender, periwinkle and most small garden varieties of roses, are often termed subshrubs or bushes. An area of cultivated shrubs in a park or garden is known as a shrubbery. When clipped as topiary, suitable species or varieties of shrubs develop dense foliage and many small leafy branches growing close together. Many shrubs respond well to renewal pruning, in which hard cutting back to a 'stool' results in long new stems known as "canes". Other shrubs respond better to selective pruning to reveal their structure and character. Shrubs in common garden practice are generally broad-leaved plants, though some smaller conifers such as Mountain Pine and Common Juniper are also shrubby in structure. Species that grow into a shrubby habit may be either deciduous or evergreen.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shrub

   shrub, n. a woody plant with several stems from the same root: a bush or dwarf tree.—v.t. (prov.) to win all a man's money at play.—adj. Shrub′beried, abounding in shrubbery.—ns. Shrub′bery, a plantation of shrubs; Shrub′biness, the state or quality of being shrubby.—adjs. Shrub′by, full of shrubs: like a shrub: consisting of shrubs; Shrub′less. [A.S. scrob; prov. Eng. shruff, light rubbish wood.]

2. Shrub

   shrub, n. a drink prepared from the juice of lemons, currants, raspberries, with spirits, as rum. [A variant of shrab.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shrub

   A type of cultivar, plant or seed.

   The shrubs were so beautiful, everyone admired them on the way into the office.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shrub in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shrub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Shrub in a Sentence

1. Mark Parrington:

   Once upon a time, you had a fire every 100 to 150 years in one location, which means the forest completely regenerates and you end up with a mature forest, and then the fire comes along, and then you start again, what we're seeing in some parts of Eastern Siberia is the fires are happening every 10 to 30 years now, in some places, and what Eastern Siberia means is the forest is not going to be able to become mature, and you end up with an [ ecosystem ] shift to kind of a shrub land or swampy grassland.

2. Gregory Asner:

   If drought persists and we lose forest, it will be replaced with something. Typically when forests get too dry and they die off, usually shrub lands and grasslands do the replacing.

3. Reg Foggerdy:

   I might go back and look for my gun, it's still in the shrub.

4. Gregory Asner:

   If we have recurring drought and it comes back strong after the El Nino, we predict we are going to have a lot more tree mortality, if drought persists and we lose forest, it will be replaced with something. Typically when forests get too dry and they die off, usually shrub lands and grasslands do the replacing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Shrub
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Shrub
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shrub
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Shrub
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Shrub