Definition of shrub

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

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Malpighia :: Malpighia (n.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
Pitahaya :: Pitahaya (n.) A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit..
Bignonia :: Bignonia (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus..
Boscage :: Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
Hedgerow :: Hedgerow (n.) A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields..
Thready :: Thready (a.) Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub..
Shrub :: Shrub (v. t.) To lop; to prune.
Chokeberry :: Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top..
Malambo :: Malambo (n.) A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)..
Huckleberry :: Huckleberry (n.) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa..
Peony :: Peony (n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation..
Madro–a :: Madro–a (n.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro–a apples..
Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..
Alder :: Alder (n.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Heath :: Heath (n.) A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
Rhus :: Rhus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.
Distinguishable :: Distinguishable (a.) Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub..
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