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  • foliage
  • hedge
  • shrubbery
  • thicket
  • topiary
  • tree
  • brier
  • bush
  • boscage
  • bosket

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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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  1. shrubnoun

    Synonyms:
    bush

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  1. Reg Foggerdy:

    I might go back and look for my gun, it’s still in the shrub.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.


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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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Noun

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

Plant

boscage

bosket

brier

climber

flower

foliage

hedge

thicket

topiary

tree

flowering shrub

Noun

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

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

Noun

Thorny bush

bramble

brier

nettle

thistle

burr

cleaver

furze

gorse

hedge

prick

spray

thorn

catch weed

goose grass

prickly shrub

thistle sage

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What is another word for shrub?

186 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ʃɹˈʌb], [ ʃɹˈʌb], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈʌ_b]

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    • n.

      • 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.
    • Other synonyms:

      • 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

      • Noun, singular or mass
        shrubbery.
    • Other Related

      • Proper noun, singular
        bushes.
      • Noun, singular or mass
        brush, bush, thicket.

    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.

    Word of the Day

    Omophagic

    Synonyms:
    herbivorous,
    omnivorous.

    Resources

    • SHRUB synonyms at Thesaurus.com
    • SHRUB synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
    • Powerthesaurus.org
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    • Collins Dictionary — synonyms of SHRUB
    • YourDictionary
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    Phrases with Shrub

    How Shrub often is described

    • dead shrub

    • small shrub

    • parasitic shrub

    • giant shrub

    • random shrub

    • gnarled shrub

    • evergreen shrub

    • pretty shrub

    • short-range shrub

    • tech shrub

    Shrub is the first word in phrase

    • shrub monkeys

    • shrub monkey

    • shrub maze

    • shrub goblet

    • shrub won’t

    • shrub rocketeer

    • shrub plants

    • shrub branches

    • shrub man

    Shrub is the last word in phrase

    • Alex shrub

    • family shrub

    • tree shrub

    • bush shrub

    • peony shrub

    • pastor shrub

    • potted shrub

    • nature shrub

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