shrub

Meanings

Noun

Verb

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Origin

  • From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob and sċrybb; akin to Norwegian skrubbe ("the dwarf cornel tree").
  • From Arabic شِرَاب ("a drink, beverage"), شَرِبَ, akin to syrup, sherbet

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