Definition of shrub

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

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Dendritical :: Dendritical (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent..
Embellish :: Embellish (v. t.) To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors..
Thicket :: Thicket (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket..
Hulver :: Hulver (n.) Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree..
Shrubby :: Shrubby (superl.) Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
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..
Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms..
Orache :: Orache (n.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface..
Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..
Balm :: Balm (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
Unshrubbed :: Unshrubbed (a.) Being without shrubs.
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
Grapevine :: Grapevine (n.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes..
Huckleberry :: Huckleberry (n.) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.
Witch-hazel :: Witch-hazel (n.) An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..
Bush :: Bush (n.) A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs..
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..
Caulocarpous :: Caulocarpous (a.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn..
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