Defenition of the word shrub

Defenition of the word shrub
- A woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem.
- A plant resembling a small tree, but has no, and will never develop, a stem.
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Synonyms for the word shrub

- bush

Meronymys for the word shrub

- shrubbery

Hyponyms for the word shrub

- abelia
- Acalypha virginica
- Acocanthera oblongifolia
- Acocanthera oppositifolia
- Acocanthera spectabilis
- Acocanthera venenata
- Adam's apple
- Adenium multiflorum
- Adenium obesum
- African hemp
- allspice
- alpine azalea
- alpine totara
- American angelica tree
- American cranberry bush
- American spicebush
- amorpha
- Anadenanthera colubrina
- Anagyris foetida
- andromeda
- angel's trumpet
- Anthyllis barba-jovis
- Apalachicola rosemary
- Aralia elata
- Aralia spinosa
- Aralia stipulata
- arbutus
- Ardisia crenata
- Ardisia escallonoides
- Ardisia paniculata
- Argyroxiphium sandwicense
- Aristotelia racemosa
- Aristotelia serrata
- arrow wood
- artemisia
- Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
- Aspalathus linearis
- Astroloma humifusum
- Australian heath
- Baccharis halimifolia
- Baccharis pilularis
- Baccharis viminea
- banksia
- barbasco
- barberry
- barilla
- Bassia scoparia
- Batis maritima
- batoko palm
- Bauhinia monandra
- bean caper
- bean trefoil
- bearberry
- beauty bush
- belvedere
- Benjamin bush
- Benzoin odoriferum
- bird's-eye bush
- Biscutalla laevigata
- bitter pea
- bitter-bark
- black bead
- black greasewood
- black haw
- blackthorn
- bladder senna
- blolly
- blue cohosh
- blueberry
- blueberry bush
- blueberry root
- box
- boxthorn
- boxwood
- bracelet wood
- Brassaia actinophylla
- Brazilian potato tree
- bridal wreath
- bridal-wreath
- bristly locust
- broom
- Brugmansia arborea
- Brugmansia sanguinea
- Brugmansia suaveolens
- Brunfelsia americana
- bryanthus
- buckler mustard
- buckthorn
- buddleia
- burning bush
- bush hibiscus
- bush honeysuckle
- bush poppy
- bushman's poison
- butcher's broom
- butterfly bush
- butterfly flower
- Caesalpinia decapetala
- Caesalpinia sepiaria
- cajan pea
- Cajanus cajan
- California beauty
- California redbud
- calliandra
- camelia
- camellia
- Camellia sinensis
- candlewood
- Canella winterana
- Canella-alba
- cannabis
- caper
- capsicum
- capsicum pepper plant
- caragana
- caricature plant
- carissa
- casava
- cassava
- castor bean plant
- castor-oil plant
- cat's-claw
- catclaw
- Catha edulis
- catjang pea
- Caulophyllum thalictrioides
- Caulophyllum thalictroides
- Cercis occidentalis
- Cestrum diurnum
- Cestrum nocturnum
- chalice vine
- Chamaecytisus palmensis
- Chamaedaphne calyculata
- chanal
- chanar
- chaparral broom
- chaparral pea
- cherry laurel
- Chile hazel
- Chile nut
- Chilean firebush
- Chilean flameflower
- Chilean hazelnut
- Chilean nut
- Chilean rimu
- Chilopsis linearis
- Chimonanthus praecox
- Chinese angelica
- Chinese angelica tree
- Chinese holly
- Chiococca alba
- Christ's-thorn
- Christmas berry
- Christmasberry
- Chrysolepis sempervirens
- Cineraria maritima
- cinquefoil
- Clethra alnifolia
- clianthus
- climbing hydrangea
- coca
- coca plant
- Codariocalyx motorius
- Codiaeum variegatum
- coffee rose
- columnea
- Colutea arborescens
- Combretum bracteosum
- common flat pea
- Comptonia asplenifolia
- Comptonia peregrina
- Conradina glabra
- consumption weed
- coral bush
- coralberry
- Cordyline terminalis
- corkwood
- corkwood tree
- coronilla
- cotoneaster
- cotton
- cotton plant
- cotton-seed tree
- coville
- coyote brush
- coyote bush
- crampbark
- cranberry
- cranberry bush
- cranberry heath
- cranberry tree
- crape jasmine
- crape myrtle
- creosote bush
- crepe flower
- crepe gardenia
- crepe jasmine
- crepe myrtle
- croton
- Croton tiglium
- crowberry
- crystal tea
- cupflower
- currant
- currant bush
- cushion flower
- Cycloloma atriplicifolium
- cyrilla
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Cytesis proliferus
- Cytisus ramentaceus
- Dacridium laxifolius
- dahl
- daisy bush
- daisy-bush
- daisybush
- Dalea spinosa
- Dalmatian laburnum
- daphne
- Datura arborea
- Datura sanguinea
- Datura suaveolens
- day jessamine
- derris
- desert rose
- desert willow
- Desmodium gyrans
- Desmodium motorium
- devil's walking stick
- dhal
- Diervilla lonicera
- Diervilla sessilifolia
- Dirca palustris
- dog hobble
- dog laurel
- dombeya
- Dovyalis caffra
- dusty miller
- dwarf golden chinkapin
- East Indian rosebay
- elder
- elderberry bush
- Embothrium coccineum
- ephedra
- Epigaea repens
- Eriodictyon californicum
- Eryngium maritimum
- Erythroxylon coca
- Erythroxylon truxiuense
- Euonymus americanus
- Euonymus atropurpureus
- European cranberry bush
- European cranberrybush
- Fabiana imbricata
- false azalea
- false tamarisk
- feijoa
- feijoa bush
- fetter bush
- fetterbush
- fever tree
- fire bush
- fire thorn
- fire-bush
- firethorn
- five-finger
- Flacourtia indica
- flame bush
- flame pea
- flannel bush
- flannelbush
- flat pea
- flowering hazel
- flowering quince
- flowering shrub
- fool's huckleberry
- forestiera
- forsythia
- fothergilla
- Francoa ramosa
- frangipani
- frangipanni
- fuchsia
- furze
- gardenia
- gastrolobium
- Gaultheria shallon
- geebung
- Genista raetam
- Geoffroea decorticans
- Georgia bark
- German tamarisk
- glandular Labrador tea
- glasswort
- glory pea
- goldenbush
- gooseberry
- gooseberry bush
- gorse
- governor plum
- governor's plum
- Graptophyllum pictum
- greasewood
- grevillea
- Grewia asiatica
- Griselinia littoralis
- Griselinia lucida
- ground-berry
- groundberry
- groundsel bush
- groundsel tree
- guelder rose
- Guevina avellana
- Guevina heterophylla
- guinea flower
- guinea gold vine
- Hakea laurina
- Hakea leucoptera
- Hakea lissosperma
- Halimodendron argenteum
- Halimodendron halodendron
- hamelia
- haw
- hawthorn
- Hazardia cana
- he-huckleberry
- heath
- hediondilla
- helianthemum
- hemp
- Hercules'-club
- Hermannia verticillata
- Heteromeles arbutifolia
- Hibiscus farragei
- hiccough nut
- hiccup nut
- highbush cranberry
- Himalaya honeysuckle
- hoary golden bush
- holly-leaves barberry
- hollygrape
- honey bell
- honey-flower
- honeybells
- honeyflower
- honeysuckle
- horsebean
- hovea
- huckleberry
- huckleberry oak
- hydrangea
- Ilex cornuta
- impala lily
- Indian currant
- Indian rhododendron
- indigo
- indigo plant
- Indigofera tinctoria
- Irish gorse
- Jacquinia armillaris
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Japan allspice
- Japanese allspice
- Japanese andromeda
- Japanese angelica tree
- jasmine
- Jerusalem thorn
- joewood
- joint fir
- jujube
- jujube bush
- Juneberry
- juniper
- juniper bush
- Jupiter's beard
- kali
- kalmia
- kapuka
- kei apple
- kei apple bush
- kelpwort
- kidney wort
- Kiggelaria africana
- Kochia scoparia
- Kolkwitzia amabilis
- kudu lily
- Labrador tea
- lady-of-the-night
- Lagerstroemia indica
- Lambertia formosa
- Larrea tridentata
- laurel cherry
- laurel sumac
- Lavatera arborea
- lavender
- lavender cotton
- leadwort
- leatherleaf
- leatherwood
- Ledum groenlandicum
- Ledum palustre
- Leiophyllum buxifolium
- Leitneria floridana
- lentisk
- Lepechinia calycina
- Lepidothamnus fonkii
- Lepidothamnus laxifolius
- leucothoe
- Leucothoe editorum
- Leucothoe fontanesiana
- Leucothoe racemosa
- Leycesteria formosa
- lilac
- lily-of-the-valley tree
- Lindera benzoin
- Loiseleuria procumbens
- lomatia
- lotus tree
- Lupinus arboreus
- Lycium carolinianum
- Lyonia ligustrina
- Lyonia lucida
- Lyonia mariana
- Lysiloma sabicu
- Madagascar plum
- Mahernia verticillata
- Mahonia aquifolium
- Mahonia nervosa
- maikoa
- makomako
- male berry
- maleberry
- mallow
- Malosma laurina
- manzanita
- marlberry
- marmalade bush
- marsh tea
- mastic
- mastic tree
- matrimony vine
- mayflower
- Medinilla magnifica
- Melastoma malabathricum
- Menziesia ferruginea
- Menziesia pilosa
- mesquit
- mesquite
- Microstrobos niphophilus
- milk thistle
- mimosa
- minnie bush
- minniebush
- mock azalia
- mock privet
- moose-wood
- moosewood
- moss locust
- mountain andromeda
- mountain azalea
- mountain devil
- mountain fetterbush
- mountain grape
- mountain rimu
- mucuna
- mule fat
- mutisia
- Myrica gale
- Myricaria germanica
- Mysore thorn
- naranjilla
- native cranberry
- native holly
- native pear
- needle bush
- needle wood
- needle-bush
- needle-wood
- needlebush
- needlewood
- negro peach
- Nero's crown
- New Zealand wine berry
- night jasmine
- night jessamine
- Ochna serrulata
- oleaster
- ordeal tree
- Oregon grape
- Oregon holly grape
- othonna
- pachouli
- Paliurus spina-christi
- palma christ
- palma christi
- paloverde
- papoose root
- papooseroot
- Parkinsonia aculeata
- patchouli
- patchouly
- pavonia
- pea tree
- pepper
- pepper bush
- pepper shrub
- Petteria ramentacea
- phalsa
- philadelphus
- Photinia arbutifolia
- pichi
- Pickeringia montana
- Pieris floribunda
- Pieris japonica
- pigeon pea
- pigeon-pea plant
- Pinckneya pubens
- pincushion hakea
- pink fivecorner
- pinwheel flower
- Piptadenia macrocarpa
- pistacia lentiscus
- pitcher sage
- Pithecellodium unguis-cati
- pixie
- pixy
- Platylobium formosum
- Playlobium obtusangulum
- Plumbago europaea
- Podocarpus nivalis
- Pogostemon cablin
- poison arrow plant
- poison bush
- poison pea
- potato tree
- privet
- privet andromeda
- protea
- Prunus cuneata
- Prunus laurocerasus
- Prunus pumila
- Prunus pumilla susquehanae
- Prunus spinosa
- Prunus susquehanae
- Pseudowintera colorata
- puka
- purple pea
- pyracanth
- Pyracantha
- Pyxidanthera barbulata
- pyxie
- Quercus vaccinifolia
- Radyera farragei
- raetam
- ramontchi
- rauvolfia
- rauwolfia
- red angel's trumpet
- red gram
- red shrubby penstemon
- redwood penstemon
- Retama raetam
- retem
- rhododendron
- Rhus laurina
- Ribes grossularia
- Ribes uva-crispa
- Ricinus communis
- Robinia hispida
- rock rose
- rockrose
- rooibos
- ropebark
- rose
- rose acacia
- rosebush
- Ruscus aculeatus
- Russian cactus
- Russian thistle
- Russian tumbleweed
- sabicu
- salal
- Salsola kali
- Salsola kali tenuifolia
- Salsola soda
- salt tree
- saltbush
- saltwort
- sand cherry
- sand myrtle
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Sarcobatus vermiculatus
- Sarcocephalus esculentus
- Sarcocephalus latifolius
- Schefflera actinophylla
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- Scotch gale
- screw tree
- sea eryngium
- sea holly
- sea holm
- semaphore plant
- Senecio cineraria
- senna
- service tree
- serviceberry
- shadblow
- shadbush
- shallon
- shiny lyonia
- shrublet
- shumac
- silver-bush
- silverbush
- silversword
- slipper plant
- slipper spurge
- sloe
- smoke bush
- smoke tree
- Solandra guttata
- Solanum macranthum
- Solanum quitoense
- Solanum wrightii
- southern arrow wood
- sow thistle
- Sparmannia africana
- Sphacele calycina
- spice bush
- spiceberry
- spicebush
- spindle tree
- spindleberry
- spindleberry tree
- spiraea
- spirea
- spurge
- squaw root
- squawroot
- staff tree
- stagger bush
- staggerbush
- stephanotis
- stingaree-bush
- stinking bean trefoil
- strawberry bush
- Streptosolen jamesonii
- strophanthus
- Styphelia humifusum
- Styphelia triflora
- styrax
- subshrub
- suffrutex
- sumac
- sumach
- summer cypress
- summer sweet
- sun rose
- sunrose
- swamp oak
- sweet bells
- sweet fern
- sweet gale
- sweet pepperbush
- switch-ivy
- Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Syrian bean caper
- Tabernaemontana divaricate
- tagasaste
- tamarillo
- tamarisk
- Tasman dwarf pine
- tea
- telegraph plant
- Telopea Oreades
- Telopea speciosissima
- Templetonia retusa
- Thevetia neriifolia
- Thevetia peruviana
- thorn apple
- three-seeded mercury
- ti
- tollon
- toyon
- trailing arbutus
- trapper's tea
- tree lupine
- tree mallow
- tree poppy
- tree tomato
- trumpet flower
- tumbleweed
- twist wood
- twistwood
- Ulex europaeus
- umbrella tree
- undershrub
- velvet-leaf
- velvetleaf
- Viburnum dentatum
- Viburnum lantana
- Viburnum opulus
- Viburnum prunifolium
- Viburnum recognitum
- Viburnum trilobum
- Viminaria denudata
- Viminaria juncea
- wahoo
- waratah
- wax myrtle
- wayfaring tree
- weigela
- Weigela florida
- West Indian snowberry
- western redbud
- whin
- white alder
- white cinnamon tree
- white titi
- wicopy
- wild cinnamon
- wild peach
- wild rosemary
- wineberry
- winged pigweed
- winter hazel
- winter sweet
- Wintera colorata
- witch alder
- witch hazel
- witch hazel plant
- woody pear
- wych hazel
- wych hazel plant
- Xylomelum pyriforme
- xylosma
- Xylosma congestum
- yellow oleander
- yerba santa
- yucca
- Ziziphus jujuba
- Ziziphus lotus
- Zygophyllum fabago

Hypernyms for the word shrub

- ligneous plant
- woody plant

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Words in other languages

English: Hello
Russian: Привет
France: Bonjour
Spanish: Hola
Dautch: Guten Aben