Definition of "shrub"
- noun
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
- verb
To lop; to prune.
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