Shrubbery vs. Shrub

Shrubberynoun

A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

Shrubberynoun

Shrubs collectively.

Shrubberynoun

A collection of shrubs.

Shrubberynoun

A place where shrubs are planted.

Shrubberynoun

an area where a number of shrubs are planted

Shrubberynoun

a collection of shrubs growing together

Shrubbery

A shrubbery is a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted, or a similar larger area with a path winding through it, typical of the English landscape garden. A singular shrub is also known as a bush.

Shrubnoun

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Shrubverb

(obsolete) To lop; to prune.

Shrubverb

To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrubnoun

A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

Shrubverb

To lop; to prune.

Shrubnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Shrub

A shrub (or bush, but this is more of a gardening term) is a small- to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground.