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1 shrub
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] flowering shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Lobelia fervens[Swahili Word] msambale[Swahili Plural] misambale[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] gogadima[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Jaquemontia capitata[Swahili Word] kilopwe[Swahili Plural] vilopwe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Strophanthus coumonti[Swahili Word] mtobwe[Swahili Plural] mitobwe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Premna chrysoclada[Swahili Word] mvumanyuki[Swahili Plural] mivumanyuki[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] long shrub with long spines[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mbambangoma[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mdudu (shrub with tuberous roots, rarely used for food)[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Thylachium africanum[Swahili Word] mdudu[Swahili Plural] midudu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mkumbi (a shrub whose bark is used to prepare a yellow dye)[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Ochna alboserrata[Swahili Word] mkumbi[Swahili Plural] mikumbi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mmoyomoyo (a shrub)[Taxonomy] Sapindus saponaria[Swahili Word] mmoyomoyo[Swahili Plural] mimoyomoyo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] poisonous shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Synadenium carinatum[Swahili Word] kiyuyu[Swahili Plural] viyuyu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Cremaspora africana[Swahili Word] kilemea nembo[Swahili Plural] vilemea[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Sapindus saponaria[Swahili Word] mmwaka[Swahili Plural] mimwaka[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Cassia occidentalis[Swahili Word] mnukauvundo[Swahili Plural] minukauvundo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Pluchea dioscoride[Swahili Word] mnywanywa[Swahili Plural] minywanywa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Lippia asperifolia[Swahili Word] mpambauke[Swahili Plural] mipambauke[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Chenopodium sp[Swahili Word] mpurule[Swahili Plural] mipurule[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] njiti[Swahili Plural] njiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] kichaka[Swahili Plural] vichaka[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Related Words] chaka------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] kijiti[Swahili Plural] vijiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] mti------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (kind of)[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Verononia cinerea[Swahili Word] kifuka[Swahili Plural] vifuka[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (kind of)[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Cremaspora africana[Swahili Word] kilemeanembo[Swahili Plural] vilemeanembo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (kind used in preparing an emetic)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mtapisho[Swahili Plural] mitapisho[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (kind yielding a milky latex used as a fish poison)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mganga[Swahili Plural] miganga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (one of several kinds)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] kibaazi[Swahili Plural] vibaazi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Related Words] mbaazi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub (the bark of which is used as a remedy for snakebite)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mkingiri[Swahili Plural] mikingiri[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub used to form thorny hedges[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Acacia mellifera[Swahili Word] kikwata[Swahili Plural] vikwata[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] shrub variety (the bark of which is used to make a black dye)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mkasiri[Swahili Plural] mikasiri[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] species of thorny shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Tribulus terrrestris[Swahili Word] mbigili[Swahili Plural] mibigili[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] species of thorny shrub[English Plural] shrubs[Taxonomy] Tribulus terrrestris[Swahili Word] mbigiri[Swahili Plural] mibigili[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thorny shrub (kind of)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mkwamba[Swahili Plural] mikwamba[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wild shrub (kind of)[English Plural] shrubs[Swahili Word] mbulia[Swahili Plural] mibulia[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------ -
2 fruit
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit[English Plural] fruits[Swahili Word] tunda[Swahili Plural] matunda[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit[Swahili Word] zao[Swahili Plural] mazao[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] zaa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] soft fruit[English Plural] soft fruits[Swahili Word] tunda teke[Swahili Plural] matunda mateke[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] teke------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit just ripening[Swahili Word] tosa[Swahili Plural] matosa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] cf. -tota------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] bear fruit[Swahili Word] -zaa[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] these trees have really born fruit[Swahili Example] miti hii imezaa sana [Rech]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit[Swahili Word] mimba[Part of Speech] noun[English Example] "germinate, sprout".[Swahili Example] fanya mimba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit-picker (by occupation)[Swahili Word] mwanguzi[Swahili Plural] waanguzi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] angua V[Swahili Example] mwangushi wa nazi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit-picker (by occupation)[Swahili Word] mwangushi[Swahili Plural] waangushi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] angua V[Swahili Example] mwangushi wa nazi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] first fruits[Swahili Word] limbuko[Swahili Plural] malimbuko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] limbika V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] first fruits[Swahili Word] mlimbuko[Swahili Plural] milimbuko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] limbuka V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit-stone[Swahili Word] koko[Swahili Plural] makoko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit-stone[Swahili Word] kokwa[Swahili Plural] kokwa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit tree (Cordia latifolia)[Swahili Word] mkamasi[Swahili Plural] mikamasi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the cucumber tree.[Swahili Word] birimbi[Part of Speech] noun[Note] Port.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the cucumber tree[Swahili Word] bilimbi[Part of Speech] noun[Note] Port.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the dwarf palm[Swahili Word] koche[Swahili Plural] makoche[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] mkoche N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the matopetope[Swahili Word] topetope[Swahili Plural] matopetope[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Swahili Example] ( = tomoko)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mbamia[English Plural] fruits of the mbamia[Swahili Word] bamia[Swahili Plural] mabamia[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of mbilingani[English Plural] fruits of mbilingani[Swahili Word] bilingani[Swahili Plural] mabilingani[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mkindu[Swahili Word] kindu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] edible fruit of the mkoma[Swahili Word] koma[Swahili Plural] makoma[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit (of the mkomafi)[Swahili Word] komafi[Swahili Plural] makomafi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mkunazi tree[English Plural] fruits of the mkunazi tree[Swahili Word] kunazi[Swahili Plural] makunazi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Farsi[Related Words] mkunazi, kikunazi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mkunazi tree[Swahili Word] bori[Swahili Plural] mabori[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Note] dial. Pers.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the motomondo[Swahili Word] tomondo[Swahili Plural] matomondo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit (of the mshokishoki)[Swahili Word] shokishoki[Swahili Plural] mashokishoki[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit (of the mstafeli)[Swahili Word] stafeli[Swahili Plural] mastafeli[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mtondoo[Swahili Word] tondoo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mtunguja shrub[English Plural] fruits of the mtunguja[Swahili Word] tunguja[Swahili Plural] matunguja[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Swahili Example] tunguja au changarawe ilikwishafanya kazi yake [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the mvungunya tree[Swahili Word] vungunya[Swahili Plural] mavungunya[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit of the rose-apple tree[Swahili Word] tofali[Swahili Plural] matofali[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit used to make juice[English Plural] fruits[Swahili Word] bungo[Swahili Plural] mabungo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fruit (kind of)[Swahili Word] vongonya[Swahili Plural] mavongonya[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wild fruit[Swahili Word] kwarara[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Item(s) below have not yet been grouped within the headword fruit[English Word] ripe fruit[English Plural] ripe fruit[Swahili Word] tunda bichi[Swahili Plural] matunda mabichi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] bichi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] unripe fruit[English Plural] unripe fruits[Swahili Word] tunda bivu[Swahili Plural] matunda mabivu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] bivu------------------------------------------------------------ -
3 plant
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] annual edible plant[Swahili Word] bisari[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] annual plant (Momordica morgose or charantia)[Swahili Word] karela[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] (Ind.)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be planted[Swahili Word] -pandwa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] passive[English Example] There were mango trees which were planted in profusion[Swahili Example] palikuwa na miembe iliyopandwa kwa fujo [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant[Swahili Word] mbugu[Swahili Plural] mibugu[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] mbungo N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant[Swahili Word] mkwezi[Swahili Plural] mikwezi[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] kwea V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant[Swahili Word] mmelea[Swahili Plural] mimelea[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] mea V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant[English Plural] climbing plants[Swahili Word] mtambaa miti[Swahili Plural] mitambaa miti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Related Words] mti------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant (kind of)[Swahili Word] mkuku[Swahili Plural] mikuku[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] climbing plant yielding poison for arrows[English Plural] climbing plants[Swahili Word] kombe[Swahili Plural] makombe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] -komba[Terminology] botany / anthropology------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] Dichapetalum macrocarpum[Swahili Word] chikwaya jike[Part of Speech] noun[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] Dichapetalum mosambicense[Swahili Word] chikwaya dume[Part of Speech] noun[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] factory plant[Swahili Word] mtambo[Swahili Plural] mitambo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hardy creeping plant[English Plural] plants[Taxonomy] Callopsis Volensii[Swahili Word] kilalanungu[Swahili Plural] vilalaungu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hardy plant[English Plural] hardy plants[Taxonomy] Pentas purpurea[Swahili Word] kivumanyuki[Swahili Plural] vivumanyuki[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[English Definition] red and purple aromatic flowered shrub[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hardy plant (Ramphicarpa veronicaefolia)[Swahili Word] kimangari[Swahili Plural] vimangari[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] jaja[Taxonomy] Aneilema aequinoctiale[Swahili Word] jaja[Swahili Plural] jaja[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Definition] perennial herb with small yellow, blue, mauve or lilac flowers[Swahili Definition] mmea mwenye maua madogo ya manjano, bluu au pinki[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kakindu (variety of plant, Striga pubiflora)[Swahili Word] kakindu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of plant, Canna indica (the seeds are used for Moslem rosaries)[Swahili Word] mtasbihi[Swahili Plural] mitasbihi[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] tasbihi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kirukia (paratsitic climbing plant)[Swahili Word] kirukia[Swahili Plural] virukia[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ruka V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lentil-plant[Swahili Word] mdengu[Swahili Plural] midengu[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] dengu N[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] marijuana plant (leaf is bangi)[Swahili Word] mbangi[Swahili Plural] mibangi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mkwakwa (climbing plant bearing edible fruit, Landolfia florida)[Swahili Word] mkwakwa[Swahili Plural] mikwakwa[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mkwakwa (climbing plant bearing edible fruit, Landolfia florida)[Swahili Word] mkwakwara[Swahili Plural] mikwakwara[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mlangamia (parasitic plant growing on cloves)[Swahili Word] mlangamia[Swahili Plural] milangamia[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] name of a climbing plant[Swahili Word] kirukia[Swahili Plural] virukia[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Swahili Example] madirisha makubwa yenye virukia [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] perennial plant (Abutilum zanzibaricum)[Swahili Word] mbiha[Swahili Plural] mibiha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] perennial plant with yellow or blue flowers[Taxonomy] Aneilema aequinoctale, Aneilema sinicum[Swahili Word] kongwe[Swahili Plural] kongwe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant[English Plural] plants[Swahili Word] kipando[Swahili Plural] vipando[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -panda[English Example] his little garden with a variety of plants[Swahili Example] kitalu chake kidogo chenye mchanganyiko wa vipando [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant[English Plural] plants[Swahili Word] kiwanda[Swahili Plural] viwanda[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[English Example] heat-treatment plant; powdered-milk processing plant[Swahili Example] kiwanda cha jotojoto; kiwanda cha kufanyia unga wa maziwa [Rec]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant[Swahili Word] mmea[Swahili Plural] mimea[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] mea V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant[Swahili Word] -panda[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] pandikizo, mpanda, mpando, upandaji------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (any of several stinging kinds)[Swahili Word] weni[Swahili Plural] maweni[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/6[Swahili Example] weni 'uo ukiuke [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (kind of)[English Plural] plants[Taxonomy] Commelina imberbis; Commelina benghalensis[Swahili Word] jaja[Swahili Plural] jaja[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Definition] perennial herb with blue flowers[Swahili Definition] mmea mwenye maua ya bluu[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (kind of)[Swahili Word] mnyapa[Swahili Plural] minyapa[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (kind used for making black dye, Euclea multiflora)[Swahili Word] mdaa[Swahili Plural] midaa[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (rice in holes)[Swahili Word] -sia[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant out[Swahili Word] -atika[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant out[Swahili Word] -pandikiza[Part of Speech] verb[Class] intensive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -panda[Related Words] pandikizo[English Definition] transfer seedlings from a nursery to a plantation[Terminology] agriculture------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant resembling the pea (Phaseolus mungo)[Swahili Word] mchoroko[Swahili Plural] michoroko[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant that grows wild[English Plural] plants that grow wild[Swahili Word] kimelea[Swahili Plural] vimelea[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -mea------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant with aromatic leaves, (Ocimum sp)[Swahili Word] mvumbasi[Swahili Plural] mivumbasi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] poisonous plant used for medicinal purposes[Swahili Word] msungululu[Swahili Plural] misungululu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thorny swamp plant[Swahili Word] tindiga[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] type of poisonous plant (Euphorbia abyssinica)[Swahili Word] mbamba[Swahili Plural] mibamba[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wild plant (which has seeded itself)[Swahili Word] tarare[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] young plant[Swahili Word] chipukizi[Swahili Plural] machipukizi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] chipua v------------------------------------------------------------ -
4 wood
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fragrant wood which is used as a perfume or to keep off mosquitos when ground up with oil[Swahili Word] kivumbasi[Swahili Plural] vivumbasi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] heartwood (of a tree)[Swahili Word] ng'arange[Swahili Plural] ng'arange[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of wood[Swahili Word] njiti[Swahili Plural] njiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of wood[English Plural] pieces of wood[Swahili Word] kijiti[Swahili Plural] vijiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] mti------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of wood (used for support)[Swahili Word] mwao[Swahili Plural] miao[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of wood for repairing a boat[Swahili Word] hasho[Swahili Plural] mahasho (vihasho)[Part of Speech] noun[Terminology] nautical------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] piece of wood used to stiffen a structure[Swahili Word] taruma[Swahili Plural] mataruma[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] soft white part of wood[Swahili Word] ugale[Swahili Plural] gale[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wood[English Plural] wood[Swahili Word] mti[Swahili Plural] miti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[English Example] dry wood[Swahili Example] mti mkavu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wood of the mtobwe shrub[Swahili Word] tobwe[Swahili Plural] matobwe[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------
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shrub — shrub1 [shrub] n. [Early ME schrubbe < OE scrybb, brushwood, akin to SCRUB1, Dan skrubbe] a low, woody plant with several permanent stems instead of a single trunk; bush shrublike adj. shrub2 [shrub] n. [Ar sharāb, a drink: see SYRUP] … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shrub — Shrub, v. t. To lop; to prune. [Obs.] Anderson (1573). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shrub — (schröbb), engl. Getränk aus Branntwein, Citronen , Apfelsinensaft und Zucker … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
shrub — [ʃrʌb] n [: Old English; Origin: scrybb] a small bush with several woody stems … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrub — [ ʃrʌb ] noun count a low thick bush, especially one that has been planted in a yard … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shrub — O.E. scrybb brushwood, shrubbery, a rare and late word, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Dan. skrub brushwood, Norw. skrubba dwarf tree ). Presumably related to N.Fris. skrobb broom plant, brushwood; W.Flem. schrobbe climbing… … Etymology dictionary
shrub — ► NOUN ▪ a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground. DERIVATIVES shrubby adjective. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
shrub|by — «SHRUHB ee», adjective, bi|er, bi|est. 1. like shrubs. 2. covered with shrubs. 3. consisting of shrubs … Useful english dictionary
shrub — semi·shrub; shrub·ber·ied; shrub·bery; shrub·bi·ness; shrub·by; shrub; shrub·let; sub·shrub; … English syllables
