shrub Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    bush.

WordNet

Shrub noun
Etymology
Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink. Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.
Definitions
  1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Shrub noun
Etymology
OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Shrub transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lop; to prune. Obs. Anderson (1573).

Webster 1913