shrubbier; shrubbiest
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Other shrubs to consider include rabbitbrush, Apache plume, shrubby cinquefoil, three-lobed sumac and Fremont mahonia.
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Dwarf crape myrtles grow to be 4 to 5 feet tall and are definitely shrubby.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2025
But the Thai Senate race, which culminated this week, has put its candidates and voters through the shrubbiest of hedge mazes—and raised questions about the still-evolving state of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation of 72 million.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 28 June 2024
These magnolias can sporadically rebloom in the summer, when their thick foliage gives them an especially shrubby appearance.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
The report found that tiger populations had increased across India, with the highest number in Madhya Pradesh, a hot, shrubby state with more than 500 cats.
—Kai Schultz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
But the game animals Ledford wants to showcase need sprawling expanses of flat, shrubby grassland.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 July 2018
This quick growing, shrubby perennial from Africa is grown as an annual here.
—Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
Carolina and Virginia roses can make a thick, shrubby patch.
—Andrea F. Siegel, baltimoresun.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Dwarf crape myrtles grow to be 4 to 5 feet tall and are definitely shrubby.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2025
But the Thai Senate race, which culminated this week, has put its candidates and voters through the shrubbiest of hedge mazes—and raised questions about the still-evolving state of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation of 72 million.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 28 June 2024
These magnolias can sporadically rebloom in the summer, when their thick foliage gives them an especially shrubby appearance.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
The report found that tiger populations had increased across India, with the highest number in Madhya Pradesh, a hot, shrubby state with more than 500 cats.
—Kai Schultz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
But the game animals Ledford wants to showcase need sprawling expanses of flat, shrubby grassland.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 July 2018
This quick growing, shrubby perennial from Africa is grown as an annual here.
—Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
Carolina and Virginia roses can make a thick, shrubby patch.
—Andrea F. Siegel, baltimoresun.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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shrubby
adjective
shrub·by
ˈshrəb-ē 
shrubbier; shrubbiest
1
: consisting of or covered with shrubs
a shrubby hillside
2
: resembling a shrub
a shrubby palm
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