Definition of shrub Shrub
/ʃɹʌˈb/ - [shrub] - shrub
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| shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| bush | ||
| ligneous plant, woody plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems | ||
| shrubbery a collection of shrubs growing together | ||
| catha edulis a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea | ||
| ephedra, joint fir jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds | ||
| alpine totara, podocarpus nivalis low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains | ||
| chilean rimu, lepidothamnus fonkii about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile | ||
| dacridium laxifolius, lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand | ||
| microstrobos niphophilus, tasman dwarf pine small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches | ||
| barberry any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries | ||
| blue cohosh, blueberry root, caulophyllum thalictrioides, caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally | ||
| holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, oregon holly grape, oregon grape ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | ||
| mahonia nervosa, oregon grape ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | ||
| allspice ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves | ||
| chimonanthus praecox, japan allspice, japanese allspice, winter sweet deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers | ||
| american spicebush, benjamin bush, benzoin odoriferum, lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers | ||
| pepper shrub, pseudowintera colorata, wintera colorata evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits | ||
| myrica gale, scotch gale, sweet gale bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves | ||
| wax myrtle any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries | ||
| comptonia asplenifolia, comptonia peregrina, sweet fern deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers | ||
| corkwood, corkwood tree, leitneria floridana very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood | ||
| mimosa a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice | ||
| anadenanthera colubrina, piptadenia macrocarpa Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia | ||
| calliandra any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers | ||
| lysiloma sabicu, sabicu West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value | ||
| black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw, pithecellodium unguis-cati erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida | ||
| mesquit, mesquite any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | ||
| acocanthera oblongifolia, acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits | ||
| acocanthera oppositifolia, acocanthera venenata, bushman's poison, ordeal tree evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa | ||
| adenium multiflorum, adenium obesum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics | ||
| carissa a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | ||
| frangipani, frangipanni any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | ||
| rauvolfia, rauwolfia any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives | ||
| strophanthus any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds | ||
| coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, east indian rosebay, nero's crown, pinwheel flower, tabernaemontana divaricate, adam's apple tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand | ||
| thevetia neriifolia, thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous | ||
| american angelica tree, aralia spinosa, devil's walking stick, hercules'-club small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States | ||
| aralia elata, japanese angelica tree deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States | ||
| aralia stipulata, chinese angelica, chinese angelica tree similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China | ||
| brassaia actinophylla, schefflera actinophylla, umbrella tree small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches | ||
| batis maritima, saltwort low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | ||
| saltbush any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil | ||
| bassia scoparia, kochia scoparia, summer cypress, belvedere, fire-bush, fire bush, burning bush densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | ||
| cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed, tumbleweed bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds | ||
| kelpwort, salsola kali, salsola soda, barilla, glasswort, kali, saltwort Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate | ||
| russian cactus, russian thistle, russian tumbleweed, salsola kali tenuifolia, tumbleweed prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States | ||
| black greasewood, greasewood, sarcobatus vermiculatus low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America | ||
| caper a playful leap or hop | ||
| biscutalla laevigata, buckler mustard plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers | ||
| bush poppy, tree poppy evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers | ||
| argyroxiphium sandwicense, silversword low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem | ||
| artemisia any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | ||
| baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts | ||
| baccharis viminea, mule fat California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer | ||
| baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle | ||
| goldenbush any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America | ||
| hazardia cana, hoary golden bush western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple | ||
| mutisia any of various plants of the genus Mutisia | ||
| daisy-bush, daisy bush, daisybush any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays | ||
| othonna a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers | ||
| lavender cotton, santolina chamaecyparissus branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers | ||
| cineraria maritima, senecio cineraria, dusty miller herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant | ||
| sow thistle, milk thistle any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil | ||
| ardisia crenata, coralberry, spiceberry shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | ||
| ardisia escallonoides, ardisia paniculata, marlberry tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries | ||
| leadwort, plumbago europaea a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers | ||
| bracelet wood, jacquinia armillaris small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets | ||
| barbasco, jacquinia keyensis, joewood West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood | ||
| mallow any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | ||
| cotton plant, cotton fabric woven from cotton fibers | ||
| lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States | ||
| pavonia any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers | ||
| bush hibiscus, hibiscus farragei, radyera farragei southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus | ||
| aristotelia racemosa, aristotelia serrata, makomako, new zealand wine berry, wineberry graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine | ||
| dombeya any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves | ||
| california beauty, flannel bush, flannelbush any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers | ||
| screw tree a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres | ||
| hermannia verticillata, honey bell, honeybells, mahernia verticillata African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | ||
| grewia asiatica, phalsa drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets | ||
| sparmannia africana, african hemp large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers | ||
| protea any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones | ||
| banksia any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | ||
| smoke bush any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers | ||
| chilean firebush, chilean flameflower, embothrium coccineum grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes | ||
| chile hazel, chile nut, chilean hazelnut, chilean nut, guevina avellana, guevina heterophylla Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut | ||
| grevillea any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | ||
| cushion flower, hakea laurina, pincushion hakea tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia | ||
| hakea leucoptera, needle-wood, needle wood, needlewood large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia | ||
| hakea lissosperma, needle-bush, needle bush, needlebush shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia | ||
| lambertia formosa, honey-flower, honeyflower, mountain devil Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously | ||
| lomatia any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers | ||
| geebung any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits | ||
| telopea oreades, waratah tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes | ||
| telopea speciosissima, waratah tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes | ||
| native pear, woody pear, xylomelum pyriforme tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp | ||
| heath a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||
| andromeda a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy | ||
| arbutus any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America | ||
| bearberry chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas | ||
| manzanita chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America | ||
| bryanthus procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers | ||
| chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers | ||
| epigaea repens, trailing arbutus, mayflower low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | ||
| gaultheria shallon, salal, shallon small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries | ||
| huckleberry blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States | ||
| kalmia any plant of the genus Kalmia | ||
| crystal tea, labrador tea, ledum groenlandicum evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution | ||
| glandular labrador tea, trapper's tea a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum | ||
| ledum palustre, marsh tea, wild rosemary bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan | ||
| leiophyllum buxifolium, sand myrtle low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage | ||
| leucothoe any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia | ||
| dog hobble, dog laurel, leucothoe editorum, leucothoe fontanesiana, switch-ivy fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers | ||
| leucothoe racemosa, sweet bells bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers | ||
| alpine azalea, loiseleuria procumbens, mountain azalea creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers | ||
| lyonia mariana, stagger bush, staggerbush deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock | ||
| he-huckleberry, lyonia ligustrina, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers | ||
| fetter bush, lyonia lucida, shiny lyonia, fetterbush showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel | ||
| false azalea, fool's huckleberry, menziesia ferruginea straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers | ||
| menziesia pilosa, minnie bush, minniebush low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs | ||
| japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, pieris japonica, andromeda a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy | ||
| mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, pieris floribunda, fetterbush showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel | ||
| rhododendron any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers | ||
| cranberry very tart red berry used for sauce or juice | ||
| blueberry bush, blueberry sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants | ||
| clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush, white alder shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers | ||
| pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, pixie, pixy creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas | ||
| australian heath any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region | ||
| astroloma humifusum, cranberry heath, native cranberry, styphelia humifusum, ground-berry, groundberry small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia | ||
| pink fivecorner, styphelia triflora heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit | ||
| chrysolepis sempervirens, dwarf golden chinkapin evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California | ||
| huckleberry oak, quercus vaccinifolia a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry | ||
| forestiera any plant of the genus Forestiera | ||
| forsythia any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers | ||
| jasmine any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia | ||
| privet any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges | ||
| mock privet evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits | ||
| lilac any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers | ||
| witch hazel plant, wych hazel plant, witch hazel, wych hazel lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant | ||
| flowering hazel, winter hazel any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves | ||
| witch alder, fothergilla any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | ||
| combretum bracteosum, hiccough nut, hiccup nut ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers | ||
| oleaster any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits | ||
| crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle, lagerstroemia indica ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States | ||
| feijoa bush, feijoa dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves | ||
| fuchsia any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti | ||
| daphne (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo | ||
| dirca palustris, ropebark, wicopy, leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers | ||
| indian rhododendron, melastoma malabathricum evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers | ||
| medinilla magnifica a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines | ||
| guinea flower, guinea gold vine any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers | ||
| canella-alba, canella winterana, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes | ||
| rock rose, rockrose small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage | ||
| helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions | ||
| batoko palm, flacourtia indica, governor's plum, governor plum, madagascar plum, ramontchi small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums | ||
| dovyalis caffra, kei apple, kei apple bush vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits | ||
| kiggelaria africana, wild peach large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage | ||
| xylosma, xylosma congestum shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China | ||
| candlewood any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light | ||
| bird's-eye bush, ochna serrulata shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals | ||
| tamarisk any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | ||
| false tamarisk, german tamarisk, myricaria germanica Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk | ||
| cannabis, hemp the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | ||
| butcher's broom, ruscus aculeatus shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms | ||
| cordyline terminalis, ti the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization | ||
| yucca any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America | ||
| buddleia, butterfly bush tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers | ||
| caesalpinia decapetala, caesalpinia sepiaria, mysore thorn spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers | ||
| bauhinia monandra, butterfly flower shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple | ||
| paloverde a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves | ||
| parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean, jerusalem thorn large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States | ||
| cytisus ramentaceus, dalmatian laburnum, petteria ramentacea erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus | ||
| senna any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally | ||
| amorpha any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers | ||
| anagyris foetida, bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed | ||
| anthyllis barba-jovis, jupiter's beard, silver-bush, silverbush silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers | ||
| aspalathus cedcarbergensis, aspalathus linearis, rooibos South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea | ||
| cajanus cajan, catjang pea, dhal, pigeon-pea plant, red gram, cajan pea, dahl, pigeon pea small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant | ||
| caragana, pea tree any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | ||
| california redbud, cercis occidentalis, western redbud shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets | ||
| chamaecytisus palmensis, cytesis proliferus, tagasaste shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder | ||
| flame pea any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia | ||
| clianthus, glory pea any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes | ||
| codariocalyx motorius, desmodium gyrans, desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine | ||
| bladder senna, colutea arborescens yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food | ||
| coronilla any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels | ||
| broom a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | ||
| dalea spinosa, smoke tree greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor | ||
| bitter pea any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia | ||
| derris any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons | ||
| gastrolobium, poison pea, poison bush any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | ||
| chanal, chanar, geoffroea decorticans thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries | ||
| halimodendron argenteum, halimodendron halodendron, salt tree spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms | ||
| hovea, purple pea any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets | ||
| indigo plant, indigofera tinctoria, indigo a blue-violet color | ||
| lupinus arboreus, tree lupine evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia | ||
| mucuna any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres | ||
| chaparral pea, pickeringia montana, stingaree-bush spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California | ||
| platylobium formosum, flat pea European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure | ||
| common flat pea, native holly, playlobium obtusangulum low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods | ||
| genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, retama raetam, retem, juniper desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | ||
| bristly locust, moss locust, robinia hispida, rose acacia large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers | ||
| coral bush, flame bush, templetonia retusa Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers | ||
| furze, gorse, irish gorse, ulex europaeus, whin very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | ||
| viminaria denudata, viminaria juncea, swamp oak Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers | ||
| rosebush, rose a dusty pink color | ||
| shadblow, shadbush, juneberry, service tree, serviceberry any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | ||
| flowering quince Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms | ||
| cotoneaster any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | ||
| hawthorn, haw a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | ||
| heteromeles arbutifolia, photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon, christmas berry, christmasberry ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia | ||
| five-finger, cinquefoil an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | ||
| prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel, laurel cherry small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States | ||
| prunus cuneata, prunus pumila, prunus pumilla susquehanae, prunus susquehanae, sand cherry small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit | ||
| prunus spinosa, blackthorn, sloe erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries | ||
| fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth, pyracantha any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | ||
| spirea, spiraea any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers | ||
| blolly, chiococca alba, west indian snowberry evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries | ||
| gardenia any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | ||
| hamelia any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | ||
| bitter-bark, georgia bark, pinckneya pubens, fever tree African tree supposed to mark healthful regions | ||
| negro peach, sarcocephalus esculentus, sarcocephalus latifolius a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa | ||
| abelia any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | ||
| diervilla lonicera, bush honeysuckle spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers | ||
| diervilla sessilifolia, bush honeysuckle spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers | ||
| beauty bush, kolkwitzia amabilis Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental | ||
| himalaya honeysuckle, leycesteria formosa shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers | ||
| honeysuckle shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers | ||
| indian currant, symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | ||
| elderberry bush, elder a person who is older than you are | ||
| american cranberry bush, cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, viburnum trilobum, cranberry tree deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries | ||
| twist wood, twistwood, viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black | ||
| crampbark, european cranberry bush, european cranberrybush, guelder rose, viburnum opulus, cranberry tree deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | ||
| southern arrow wood, viburnum dentatum, arrow wood deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows | ||
| viburnum recognitum, arrow wood deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows | ||
| viburnum prunifolium, black haw upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America | ||
| weigela, weigela florida deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers | ||
| coca plant, erythroxylon coca, coca a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine | ||
| erythroxylon truxiuense a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine | ||
| bean caper, syrian bean caper, zygophyllum fabago perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers | ||
| coville, creosote bush, hediondilla, larrea tridentata desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | ||
| boxwood, box very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks | ||
| staff tree any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus | ||
| spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries | ||
| euonymus atropurpureus, wahoo, burning bush large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide | ||
| euonymus americanus, strawberry bush, wahoo upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | ||
| cyrilla, cyrilla racemiflora, white titi, leatherwood shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage | ||
| crowberry a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit | ||
| chinese holly, ilex cornuta dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental | ||
| smoke bush, smoke tree any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers | ||
| laurel sumac, malosma laurina, rhus laurina small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus | ||
| lentisk, mastic tree, pistacia lentiscus, mastic an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin | ||
| shumac, sumach, sumac a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | ||
| buckthorn any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia | ||
| styrax any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage | ||
| hydrangea any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea | ||
| philadelphus any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions | ||
| schizophragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads | ||
| francoa ramosa, bridal-wreath, bridal wreath shrub having copious small white flowers in spring | ||
| currant bush, currant any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams | ||
| gooseberry bush, ribes grossularia, ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies | ||
| caricature plant, graptophyllum pictum tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face | ||
| chilopsis linearis, desert willow evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods | ||
| columnea tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage | ||
| eriodictyon californicum, yerba santa viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses | ||
| apalachicola rosemary, conradina glabra small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species | ||
| lavender a pale purple color | ||
| lepechinia calycina, sphacele calycina, pitcher sage California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers | ||
| pogostemon cablin, pachouli, patchouli, patchouly a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | ||
| red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California | ||
| naranjilla, solanum quitoense small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges | ||
| brazilian potato tree, solanum macranthum, solanum wrightii, potato tree hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato | ||
| brunfelsia americana, lady-of-the-night West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers | ||
| brugmansia arborea, datura arborea, maikoa, angel's trumpet a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers | ||
| brugmansia suaveolens, datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers | ||
| brugmansia sanguinea, datura sanguinea, red angel's trumpet arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers | ||
| capsicum pepper plant, capsicum, pepper any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | ||
| cestrum diurnum, day jessamine West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day | ||
| cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night | ||
| tamarillo, tree tomato South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor | ||
| thorn apple any of several plants of the genus Datura | ||
| fabiana imbricata, pichi Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic | ||
| boxthorn, matrimony vine any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries | ||
| lycium carolinianum, christmas berry, christmasberry spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries | ||
| chalice vine, solandra guttata, cupflower, trumpet flower Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | ||
| marmalade bush, streptosolen jamesonii, fire-bush, fire bush evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant | ||
| spurge any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice | ||
| acalypha virginica, three-seeded mercury weedy herb of eastern North America | ||
| croton tiglium, croton tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil | ||
| codiaeum variegatum, croton tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil | ||
| castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christ, palma christi, ricinus communis large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics | ||
| casava, cassava any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | ||
| slipper plant, slipper spurge any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts | ||
| camelia, camellia any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | ||
| camellia sinensis, tea a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" | ||
| eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holm, sea holly European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac | ||
| griselinia lucida, puka small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers | ||
| griselinia littoralis, kapuka small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental | ||
| undershrub a low shrub | ||
| burning bush (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses | ||
| shrublet dwarf shrub | ||
| subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | ||
| flowering shrub shrub noted primarily for its flowers | ||
| buckthorn any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia | ||
| jujube bush, ziziphus jujuba, christ's-thorn, jujube, jerusalem thorn thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit | ||
| lotus tree, ziziphus lotus shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region | ||
| paliurus spina-christi, christ's-thorn, jerusalem thorn thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit | ||
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Wiktionary 
- shrub (Noun)
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base. - shrub (Noun)
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. - shrub (Verb)
To lop; to prune.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shrub (n.)
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it. - shrub (n.)
A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root. - shrub (v. t.)
To lop; to prune.
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A woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem. -
shrub
A plant resembling a small tree, but has no, and will never develop, a stem.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shrub
shrub, n. a woody plant with several stems from the same root: a bush or dwarf tree.—v.t. (prov.) to win all a man's money at play.—adj. Shrub′beried, abounding in shrubbery.—ns. Shrub′bery, a plantation of shrubs; Shrub′biness, the state or quality of being shrubby.—adjs. Shrub′by, full of shrubs: like a shrub: consisting of shrubs; Shrub′less. [A.S. scrob; prov. Eng. shruff, light rubbish wood.] -
shrub
shrub, n. a drink prepared from the juice of lemons, currants, raspberries, with spirits, as rum. [A variant of shrab.]
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A shrub or bush is a category of plants. A tree usually has one stem, which at some height has branches. A "shrub" can have multiple stems from the bottom up. Usually, bushes do not grow as tall as trees, very often they are less than 10-12 m tall.
Very many plants can be either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions. Small, low shrubs such as lavender, periwinkle and thyme are often termed subshrubs. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen.
A Shrubbery is a garden with shrubs as the main feature.
Part of speech
🔤- shrub, noun, singular of shrubs.
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