Definition of shrub

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Shrub (v. t.) To lop; to prune.

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Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..
Rhatanhy :: Rhatanhy (n.) The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Conifer :: Conifer (n.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew..
Shrubbiness :: Shrubbiness (n.) Quality of being shrubby.
Distinguishable :: Distinguishable (a.) Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub..
Hibiscus :: Hibiscus (n.) A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe..
Cascarilla :: Cascarilla (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark..
Arbute :: Arbute (n.) The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree..
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
Kat :: Kat (n.) An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.
Salix :: Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds..
Hazel :: Hazel (n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert..
Boscage :: Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..
Althea :: Althea (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Bushy :: Bushy (a.) Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..
Deerberry :: Deerberry (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry..
Quickset :: Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch..
Shrubless :: Shrubless (a.) having no shrubs.
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