shrub

/ʃɹʌb/

noun

  1. 1

    A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To lop; to prune.

  2. 2

    (Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

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