schrub

Middle English

Alternative forms

schrob, schrobbe, scrub

Etymology

From Old English sċrybb, from Proto-West Germanic *skrubbiju, from Proto-Germanic *skrubbijō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃrub/, /skrub/

Noun

schrub (plural schrubbes)

shrub, bush
(rare) shoot, twig

Descendants

English: shrub

References

“shrub(be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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