Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Consisting of, planted with, or covered with shrubs.
- adjective Of or resembling a shrub.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding in shrubs.
- Consisting of shrubs.
- Shrub-like; scrubby: said of stunted tree-growths.
- Somewhat woody: said of herbaceous plants with the stem more or less lignified in the older parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of shrubs.
- adjective Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or resembling a
shrub ;fruticose - adjective Planted, or covered with shrubs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a shrub
Etymologies
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Examples
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The savannas dominated by grasses are essentially free of shrubs and trees; but in some cases, low shrubby or suffruticose elements may be present, thus classifying as shrubby meadows of scrub savannas.
Guyanan savanna 2008
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The so-called shrubby calceolarias used for bedding are increased from cuttings, planted in autumn in cold frames, where they can be wintered, protected from frost by the use of mats and a good layer of litter placed over the glass and round the sides.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Anyway, Godfrey turns the key, revs up the car’s engine, and we resume our climb out of the canyon of the Nile and back onto the flat, red, shrubby plateau.
Lawrence Weschler: The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac Lawrence Weschler 2011
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There's even a tea party plant: A shrubby thing called New Jersey Tea, used in place of the real thing during the American Revolution.
In Washington, a frost on election day Adrian Higgins 2010
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Anyway, Godfrey turns the key, revs up the car’s engine, and we resume our climb out of the canyon of the Nile and back onto the flat, red, shrubby plateau.
Lawrence Weschler: The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac Lawrence Weschler 2011
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We could not have been hunting for more than three hours, when glimpses of a deer trotting southwards through the thick shrubby timber caught my attention.
Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Final Week (Week Four) 2009
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I eventually hope to have something big and shrubby in front of the garage on the left -- that side looks empty to me.
An Update & Family Recipes Reminder Laura 2009
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This part of Teesdale is famous for botanical rarities like the shrubby cinquefoil bushes, covered with egg-yolk-yellow blooms, that cling to rocky islands in the river, but the profusion of flowers maintained by skilled management of livestock in meadows and pastures has the greatest impact on most visitors.
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I eventually hope to have something big and shrubby in front of the garage on the left -- that side looks empty to me.
Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009
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We could not have been hunting for more than three hours, when glimpses of a deer trotting southwards through the thick shrubby timber caught my attention.
Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Final Week (Week Four) 2009
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