SHRUB
What does "SHRUB" mean?
A woody plant smaller than a tree, with several stems rising from near the ground.
Meanings
- A low woody plant with multiple stems instead of a single trunk. She planted a row of flowering shrubs along the fence.
- A drink made from fruit, sugar, and vinegar; also an old liquor made with citrus, sugar, and rum. The bartender mixed a tart raspberry shrub with soda water. technical
Did you know?
- There are two unrelated 'shrubs': the bush comes from Old English, but the tangy vinegar drink comes from Arabic 'sharab' - cousin to 'syrup' and 'sherbet'.
Word origin
The plant sense is from Old English 'scrybb' (brushwood). The drink sense is a separate word, from Arabic 'sharab' (a drink), the same root that gives us 'syrup' and 'sherbet'.
Remember it
SHRUB = SHRUB: shorter than a tree, just one letter short of 'scrub', the brush it grows in.
A little poem
No trunk, no ambition-
the shrub keeps its many heads
close to the warm ground.
haiku
Wordplay
- I ordered a shrub at the bar and the gardener brought me a bush. Turns out we were both right.
What it teaches
Not every living thing needs a single trunk to climb; some thrive by spreading wide and low.
Quick facts
What does SHRUB mean?
A woody plant smaller than a tree, with several stems rising from near the ground.
Is SHRUB a valid word?
Yes — SHRUB is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHRUB?
SHRUB has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHRUB come from?
The plant sense is from Old English 'scrybb' (brushwood). The drink sense is a separate word, from Arabic 'sharab' (a drink), the same root that gives us 'syrup' and 'sherbet'.
What can SHRUB teach us?
Not every living thing needs a single trunk to climb; some thrive by spreading wide and low.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.