shrub1

 
Pronunciation: /ʃrʌb/

noun

  • a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.

Derivatives

shrubby

adjective (shrubbier, shrubbiest)

Origin:

Old English scrubb, scrybb 'shrubbery'; compare with West Flemish schrobbe 'vetch', Norwegian skrubba 'dwarf cornel', also with scrub2