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.
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.
Shrub, v. t. To lop; to
prune. [Obs.] Anderson (1573).
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.
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.
Shrub, v. t. To lop; to
prune. [Obs.] Anderson (1573).
