shrubby

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English shrub

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English shrubby

From shrub + -y.

Pronunciation

• (Southern England, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹʌbi/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹʊbi/
• Rhymes: -ʌbi

Adjective

shrubby (comparative shrubbier, superlative shrubbiest)

1. Of or resembling a shrub.

   Synonyms: bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrublike

   • 1965, William Faris Blakely, A Key to the Eucalypts: With Descriptions of 522 Species and 150 Varieties, Forestry and Timber Bureau, →ISBN, page 180:

     A shrubby species suitable for beefarming, as it flowers profusely from November-January, and yields both pollen and nectar.

2. Planted or covered with shrubs.

Derived terms

• common shrubby everlasting
• nonshrubby
• semishrubby
• shrubbily
• shrubbiness
• shrubby boneset
• shrubby false buttonweed
• shrubby gromwell
• shrubby horsetail
• shrubby St. John's wort
• shrubby tororaro

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