shrubby

UK: /ˈʃrʌbɪ/ US: (shrub′ē)

Inflections of 'shrubby' (adj):

shrubbier

adj comparative

shrubbiest

adj superlative

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shrub•by  (shrub′ē), adj., -bi•er, -bi•est. 

1. Botany consisting of or abounding in shrubs.
2. Botany resembling a shrub;
   shrublike.

• shrub¹ + -y¹ 1530–40

shrub′bi•ness, n. 

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shrubby / ˈʃrʌbɪ/ adjective ( -bier, -biest)

1. consisting of, planted with, or abounding in shrubs
2. resembling a shrub

ˈshrubbiness noun

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shrub¹ /ʃrʌb/   n. [countable]

1. Botany a woody plant smaller than a tree.

shrub•by, adj., -bi•er, -bi•est. 

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shrub¹  (shrub), n. 

1. Botany a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.

• bef. 1000; Middle English shrubbe, Old English scrybb brushwood; cognate with dialect, dialectal Danish skrub

shrub′less, adj. 
shrub′like′, adj. 

shrub²  (shrub), n. 

1. Food any of various acidulated beverages made from the juice of fruit, sugar, and other ingredients, often including alcohol.

• Arabic, metathetic variant of shurb drink; see sherbet
• 1740–50