Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-growing perennial plant having a woody lower stem.
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- noun A low-growing woody
shrub orperennial with woody base.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
Etymologies
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Formed by the combination of sub- + shrub after the scientific Latin suffrutex. Compare the earlier undershrub.
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Examples
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Dianella consists of about 30 rhizomatous herb or subshrub species, many of which are, like today's plant, native to Australia.
Museum Blogs 2009
reesetee commented on the word subshrub
*wonders what übershrubs look like*
April 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word subshrub
Oooh, fun to say.
August 6, 2013
bilby commented on the word subshrub
Beelzebub scrubs a hushed subshrub thrush in a slushy rub-a-dub-dub rubber tub.
August 8, 2022