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)

1. shrub, bush
2. (rare) shoot, twig

Descendants

• English: shrub

References

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