: a low usually several-stemmed woody plant
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: 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
Examples of shrub in a Sentence
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2024
Adding more flowering plants, shrubs and trees to your yard can increase benefits to pollinators.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
For example, some chimpanzees chew bitter piths of the medicinal shrub Vernonia amygdalina to treat worm infections—and even detour from their normal foraging routes to seek out the plants.
—Bykermit Pattison, science.org, 2 May 2024
This hybrid magnolia is a deciduous multi-trunked shrub that grows to 8-12 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
To keep these pests away, properly water trees and shrubs.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
Inland, stop planting drought tolerant shrubs and trees, including natives, now.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Voles do feed on the base of trees and shrubs, leaving 1/4-inch side-by-side grooves in the wood.
—Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Cicada life cycle Mother cicadas lay eggs in tree branches and shrubs.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Noun
After a week or so, the oldest blooms turn yellow, next brown, and remain on the shrub as new flowers open.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2024
Adding more flowering plants, shrubs and trees to your yard can increase benefits to pollinators.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
For example, some chimpanzees chew bitter piths of the medicinal shrub Vernonia amygdalina to treat worm infections—and even detour from their normal foraging routes to seek out the plants.
—Bykermit Pattison, science.org, 2 May 2024
This hybrid magnolia is a deciduous multi-trunked shrub that grows to 8-12 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
To keep these pests away, properly water trees and shrubs.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
Inland, stop planting drought tolerant shrubs and trees, including natives, now.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Voles do feed on the base of trees and shrubs, leaving 1/4-inch side-by-side grooves in the wood.
—Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Cicada life cycle Mother cicadas lay eggs in tree branches and shrubs.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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“Shrub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrub. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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