GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 3 definitions

1.       
   Shrub (?), n. [Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink.  Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.] A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Shrub, n. [OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.] (Bot.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

3.       
   Shrub, v. t. To lop; to prune. [Obs.]  Anderson (1573).
   
   [1913 Webster]