Category:Shrub

Shrub, n. Etym: [ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to Drink. Cf. Sirup, sherbet.]

Defn: a liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, And sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrub Shrub, n. Etym: [oe. schrob, as. scrob, scrobb; akin to norw. skrubba The dwarf cornel tree.] (bot.)

Defn: a woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with Several stems from the same root.

Shrub Shrub, v. t.

Defn: to lop; to prune. [obs.] Anderson (1573).