shrub
pronunciation
How to pronounce shrub in British English:
UK [ʃrʌb]
How to pronounce shrub in American English:
US [ʃrʌb]
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- Noun:
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
Word Origin
- shrub (n.)
- Old English scrybb "brushwood, shrubbery," a rare and late word (but preserved also, perhaps, in Shrewsbury), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Danish skrub "brushwood," Norwegian skrubba "dwarf tree"). Presumably related to North Frisian skrobb "broom plant, brushwood;" West Flemish schrobbe "climbing wild pea," with a base notion of "rough plant," from PIE *(s)kerb-, extended form of root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Example
- 1. This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint .
- 2. Scientists expected a bird as large as the moa would eat shrub and tree parts .
- 3. Nectar plants are placed in sunny areas protected from wind by shrub nectar sources and trees and selected to provide continuous bloom for the adult butterflies .
- 4. This hardy shrub will grace your garden with bright rose spring flowers , white-edged summer foliage , and red leaves in the fall .
- 5. People made their own christmas decorations , or cut pieces of holly , shrub , or any available greenery and decorated them with pinecones or whitewash .