: a low usually several-stemmed woody plant
1
: an aged blend of fruit juice, sugar, and spirits served chilled and diluted with water
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: a beverage made by adding acidulated fruit juice to iced water
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025
Place near an evergreen shrub, porch railing, or wall.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
This woody shrub or small tree is indigenous to tropical regions in southern Mexico and Central America.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Try planting native trees and shrubs, which don’t carry the same risks as artificial feeding, should deer browse on them.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Also growing up there are shrubs, grasses and forbs.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025
Place near an evergreen shrub, porch railing, or wall.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
This woody shrub or small tree is indigenous to tropical regions in southern Mexico and Central America.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Try planting native trees and shrubs, which don’t carry the same risks as artificial feeding, should deer browse on them.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shrub
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“Shrub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrub. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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