shrubbery

English

Etymology

From shrub +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹʌbəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

shrubbery (plural shrubberies)

1. A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
2. Shrubs collectively.

Translations

planting of shrubs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌木園 / 灌木园

• Finnish: pensaikko (fi)
• French: fruticée (fr) f
• Russian: насаждения кустарника (nasaždenija kustarnika)
• Spanish: matorral (es)
• Swedish: buskage (sv) n

shrubs collectively

• Bulgarian: храсталак (bg) m (hrastalak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌木叢 / 灌木丛 (zh) (guànmùcóng)

• Czech: křoví (cs) n, křoviny f pl
• Finnish: pensaskasvillisuus (fi), pensaikko (fi)
• German: Strauchwerk n, Gesträuch (de) n
• Volapük: bimülem