shrub
English
/ʃɹʌb/
noun
Definitions
- A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schrub inherited from Old English sċrob.
Origin
Old English
sċrob
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intershrub English
- land English
- nonshrubby English
- semishrubby English
- shrubbed English
- shrubbiness English
- shrubby English
- shrubland English
- shrubless English
- shrublet English
- shrublike English
- shrubsteppe English
- steppe English
- subshrub English
- subshrubby English
- sweet English
- sweetshrub English
- undershrub English
- unshrubbed English
- sċrob Old English
- schrub Middle English