: 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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Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024
All looked reasonably healthy, if denuded of tree and shrub cover.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Machetes can be used to clear brush, chop firewood, remove turf, chop up plants for compost, harvest, prune shrubs, weed, and even dig holes.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
The swarm started on a sidewalk, then floated like an insectoid buzzsaw into the shrub, at which point the anxious homeowners called the Alameda County Beekeepers Association.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Grow in Zones 4-8. 08 of 08 Fringe Flower
Botanical Name: Loropetalum chinense
Sun Exposure: Full, partial
Soil Type: Rich, moist, well-draining
Soil pH: 4.5-6.5
This evergreen shrub in the witch hazel family can be grown in Zones 7 to 9 and bears fringed white or pink flowers.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
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
Noun
According to the Pollen Wise app, which provides pollen and mold levels to the Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency, grass, mold and weed/shrub allergen levels in Cincinnati are high Monday.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024
All looked reasonably healthy, if denuded of tree and shrub cover.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Machetes can be used to clear brush, chop firewood, remove turf, chop up plants for compost, harvest, prune shrubs, weed, and even dig holes.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
The swarm started on a sidewalk, then floated like an insectoid buzzsaw into the shrub, at which point the anxious homeowners called the Alameda County Beekeepers Association.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Grow in Zones 4-8. 08 of 08 Fringe Flower
Botanical Name: Loropetalum chinense
Sun Exposure: Full, partial
Soil Type: Rich, moist, well-draining
Soil pH: 4.5-6.5
This evergreen shrub in the witch hazel family can be grown in Zones 7 to 9 and bears fringed white or pink flowers.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
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
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“Shrub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrub. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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