shrub : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shrub	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shrub
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrub n a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems Synonym(s): shrub, bush
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrub \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrub \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrub \Shrub\, v. t. To lop; to prune. [Obs.] --Anderson (1573).