shrub C1 Topic:Gardening & Horticulture US /ʃɹʌb/ UK /ʃrʌb/ See IPA manual Freq #39446 Meanings 1 noun a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with several stems rising at or near the ground A flowering shrub sheltered the birds beside the garden wall. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a woody plant smaller than... bush Word family Forms shrubbyshrubs Derived forms shrubberyshrubbyshrubland Related forms bushtreescrub Etymology From Middle English schrobbe, from Old English scrybb, meaning brushwood or a low woody plant. It is related to Scandinavian plant names such as Norwegian skrubbebær. Topics Gardening & Horticulture Plants & Agriculture External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # shrub **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ʃɹʌb/ **IPA (UK):** /ʃrʌb/ **Frequency rank:** 39446 ## Meanings 1. a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with several stems rising at or near the ground ## Examples - A flowering shrub sheltered the birds beside the garden wall. ## Synonyms - bush ## Derived Forms - shrubbery - shrubby - shrubland ## Related Forms - bush - tree - scrub ## Etymology From Middle English schrobbe, from Old English scrybb, meaning brushwood or a low woody plant. It is related to Scandinavian plant names such as Norwegian skrubbebær. ## Topics - Gardening & Horticulture - Plants & Agriculture markdown