Definitions
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Word origin
From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).
Used in a sentence
“Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.”
“The Papistes[…]though they be woll shrubbed, and shred, yet they begin euen nowe before the springe, to budde.”
“However, Mwandani and her brother had noted that their mother had shrubbed and pointed it out right away.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Low woody bush”5 letters
02“Low woody plant”5 letters
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