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thing, plant
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- brier
- bush
- boscage
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How to use shrub in a sentence
Almost any other kind of shrub‘d have died long ago, neglected as things have been, but you can’t kill a currant bush.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
Brutus was getting well, but there would always be a scar on his shoulder, where the sharp-pointed shrub had entered the flesh.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES
He shook his cramped limbs with as little ceremony as if Kano were a shrub, and then turned, with the evident intention of flight.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.
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WORDS RELATED TO SHRUB
- brier
- burr
- catch weed
- cleaver
- furze
- goose grass
- gorse
- hedge
- nettle
- prick
- prickly shrub
- shrub
- spray
- thistle
- thistle sage
- thorn
- brier
- burr
- catch weed
- cleaver
- furze
- goose grass
- gorse
- hedge
- nettle
- prick
- prickly shrub
- shrub
- spray
- thistle
- thistle sage
- thorn
- annual
- biennial
- bush
- creeper
- cutting
- flower
- grass
- greenery
- herb
- perennial
- seedling
- shoot
- shrub
- slip
- sprout
- tree
- vine
- weed
- forest
- hardwood
- pulp
- sapling
- seedling
- shrub
- softwood
- stock
- timber
- topiary
- wood
- woods
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shrubnoun
Synonyms:
bush
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Reg Foggerdy:
I might go back and look for my gun, it’s still in the shrub.
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Mark Parrington:
Once upon a time, you had a fire every 100 to 150 years in one location, which means the forest completely regenerates and you end up with a mature forest, and then the fire comes along, and then you start again, what we’re seeing in some parts of Eastern Siberia is the fires are happening every 10 to 30 years now, in some places, and what Eastern Siberia means is the forest is not going to be able to become mature, and you end up with an [ ecosystem ] shift to kind of a shrub land or swampy grassland.
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Gregory Asner:
If drought persists and we lose forest, it will be replaced with something. Typically when forests get too dry and they die off, usually shrub lands and grasslands do the replacing.
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Gregory Asner:
If we have recurring drought and it comes back strong after the El Nino, we predict we are going to have a lot more tree mortality, if drought persists and we lose forest, it will be replaced with something. Typically when forests get too dry and they die off, usually shrub lands and grasslands do the replacing.
Translations for shrub
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- struikAfrikaans
- kolAzerbaijani
- хмызнякBelarusian
- arbustCatalan, Valencian
- keřCzech
- Busch, StrauchGerman
- θάμνοςGreek
- arbusto, mataSpanish
- zuhaixka, zuhamuxkaBasque
- pensas, varpuFinnish
- arbuste, arbrisseauFrench
- tom, torIrish
- arbustoGalician
- թուփArmenian
- belukarIndonesian
- arbustoItalian
- 低木Japanese
- ბუჩქიGeorgian
- orpikkat, orpigaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- paliurus, arbusculaLatin
- ໄມ້ພຸ່ມLao
- क्षुप, झुडुपMarathi
- renekMalay
- arbuxxellMaltese
- heester, struikDutch
- buskNorwegian
- krzak, krzewPolish
- arbustoPortuguese
- arbust, tufăRomanian
- кустарник, кустRussian
- грм, grmSerbo-Croatian
- grmSlovene
- shkurreAlbanian
- buskeSwedish
- miraaSwahili
- புதர்Tamil
- palumpongTagalog
- ağaççıkTurkish
- جھاڑیUrdu
- cây nhỏVietnamese
- bimül, smabim, jöbVolapük
- isihlahlaZulu
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A woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground
Plant
An organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
A woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk and bearing lateral branches
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A woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground
bush
shrubbery
undergrowth
fern
hedge
plant
woody plant
thicket
hedging plant
flowering shrub
brushwood
underwood
coppice
copse
bushes
underbrush
boscage
scrub
wood
chaparral
bracken
grove
scrubland
spinney
gorse
cover
brush
dingle
sedge
Noun
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Plant
boscage
bosket
brier
climber
flower
foliage
hedge
thicket
topiary
tree
flowering shrub
Noun
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An organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
plant
herb
vegetable
vegetation
weed
greenery
bush
flora
herbage
flower
undergrowth
verdure
creeper
grass
seedling
shoot
sprout
tree
vine
ornamental
houseplant
potted plant
climbing plant
wild plant
wild flower
jasmine
Noun
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A woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk and bearing lateral branches
tree
bush
sapling
conifer
evergreen
seedling
timber
hardwood
softwood
stock
topiary
wood
forest
woods
pulp
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Thorny bush
bramble
brier
nettle
thistle
burr
cleaver
furze
gorse
hedge
prick
spray
thorn
catch weed
goose grass
prickly shrub
thistle sage
point
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What is another word for shrub?
186 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃɹˈʌb], [ ʃɹˈʌb], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈʌ_b]
Related words: garden shrubs, weed shrubs, bushy shrubs, narrow shrubs, list of shrubs, types of shrubs, how to prune shrubs, spring flowering shrubs
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- briar,
- topiary.
• bramble (noun)
- goose grasses,
- thistle sages,
- prickly shrubs,
- catch weeds,
- furzes.
• bush (noun)
- hedge,
- fern,
- dwarf tree.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- nature,
- Plants,
- bramble,
- goose grass,
- gorse,
- Seedlings,
- alcoholic drink,
- biennials,
- briers,
- tree,
- plant,
- cuttings,
- greeneries,
- herb,
- biennial,
- greenery,
- thistle,
- thistles,
- thistle sage,
- weed,
- gorses,
- woody plant,
- perennials,
- prickly shrub,
- furze,
- brier,
- seedling,
- weeds,
- herbs,
- Nettles,
- ligneous plant,
- catch weed,
- thing.
• shrub (noun)
- gardenia,
- hibiscus,
- heather,
- huckleberry,
- Chokeberry,
- spiraea,
- Rose Of Sharon,
- juniper,
- privet,
- blackthorn,
- fuchsia,
- milkwort,
- pussy willow,
- alder,
- rhododendron,
- azalea,
- blueberry,
- rosemary,
- magnolia,
- sumac,
- poison sumac,
- cotton,
- oleander,
- Zenobia,
- blackberry,
- cranberry,
- guava,
- currant,
- gooseberry,
- holly,
- sisal,
- bayberry,
- forsythia,
- syringa,
- sagebrush,
- jute,
- myrtle,
- mesquite,
- pomegranate,
- tamarisk,
- lilac,
- elder,
- locust,
- mistletoe.
• tree (noun)
- softwood,
- hardwoods,
- softwoods,
- forest,
- hardwood.
• vegetation (noun)
- grass,
- vegetation,
- fruit,
- moss,
- vine,
- vegetable,
- grain,
- flower,
- flora,
- fungus,
- legume,
- wort,
- algae.
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Other synonyms:
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- laurel,
- shrubbery.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- coffee,
- box,
- garment,
- brier bush,
- disbud,
- fit out,
- lop,
- sand myrtle,
- brush,
- rosebay,
- honeysuckle,
- prune,
- banksia,
- decorate,
- cut short,
- daphne,
- DO,
- hydrangea,
- graze,
- dissect,
- witch hazel,
- herbage,
- greasewood,
- bush,
- garnish,
- leadwort,
- chaparral,
- broom,
- leatherleaf,
- abridge,
- shrubs,
- frangipani,
- brushwood,
- Rata,
- snowberry,
- mock orange,
- veronica,
- manzanita,
- jujube,
- get dressed,
- any bushy plant,
- underbrush,
- acacia,
- creeper,
- garb,
- foliage,
- haw,
- lavender,
- honeypot,
- thicket,
- president bush,
- jasmine,
- photinia,
- bushes,
- cinchona,
- undergrowth,
- indigo,
- flash back,
- tea tree,
- Boscage,
- caper,
- heath,
- garden plant,
- cut,
- dress out,
- henna,
- Bosket,
- symplocos,
- sage,
- crowd together,
- protea,
- scrub,
- dress,
- dress up,
- cut down,
- Yellowroot,
- shrubby,
- leatherwood,
- coca.
How to use «Shrub» in context?
A shrub is a small and relatively dense tree or small bush. They typically have a low and broad crown, with shorter side branches and are often shorter than they are wide.
Paraphrases for Shrub:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
shrubbery.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
bushes.
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Noun, singular or mass
brush, bush, thicket.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Shrub:
- scrip, scarf, scurf, serb, scrape, soar up, saccharify, seraph, square up, scrape up, scarp, sheriff, shore up, serf, serbia, scribe, scrappy, scorpio, sharp, survive, screw up, scarify, sorb, sherpa, skiagraphy, servo, sirup, swerve, scrape by, serve up, swear off, square off, sharpie, serve, scrap, shrubby, seriph, sugar pea, scrub up, scrapie, Schizocarp, scrub, scruffy, scrapheap, sharpy, surf, survey, syrupy, scurvy, syrup, scruff, scrubby, screwup, skiagraph, sakharov, scare off, serape, sarape, Sus Scrofa, scurfy, serif, shrive, scarab.
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Omophagic
- Synonyms:
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herbivorous,
omnivorous.
Resources
- SHRUB synonyms at Thesaurus.com
- SHRUB synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Phrases with Shrub
How Shrub often is described
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dead shrub
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small shrub
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parasitic shrub
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giant shrub
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random shrub
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gnarled shrub
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evergreen shrub
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pretty shrub
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short-range shrub
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tech shrub
Shrub is the first word in phrase
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shrub monkeys
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shrub monkey
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shrub maze
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shrub goblet
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shrub won’t
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shrub rocketeer
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shrub plants
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shrub branches
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shrub man
Shrub is the last word in phrase
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Alex shrub
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family shrub
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tree shrub
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bush shrub
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peony shrub
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pastor shrub
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potted shrub
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nature shrub