Definition of shrub

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Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it..

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Sesban :: Sesban (n.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..
Alcanna :: Alcanna (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.
Undershrub :: Undershrub (a.) Partly shrublike.
Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
Shrubless :: Shrubless (a.) having no shrubs.
Arboreous :: Arboreous (a.) Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub..
Moutan :: Moutan (n.) The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors..
Mudar :: Mudar (n.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally..
Althea :: Althea (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Sagebrush :: Sagebrush (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage..
Tephrosia :: Tephrosia (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name..
Elder :: Elder (n.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries..
Metrosideros :: Metrosideros (n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood..
Tamarisk :: Tamarisk (n.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna..
Rondeletia :: Rondeletia (n.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
Myrcia :: Myrcia (n.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry..
Willow :: Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..
Rosebush :: Rosebush (n.) The bush or shrub which bears roses.
Natal Plum :: Natal plum () The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).
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