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shrubbery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈʃɹʌbəɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English shrub Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English shrubbery From shrub + -ery.

Meanings

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.
   • dense shrubbery
   • trim the shrubbery
   • The path was lined with thick shrubbery.
   • garden shrubbery
2. Shrubs collectively.

Forms

Deriveds

shrubberied · undershrubbery

Translations (19)

pl zarośla (shrubs collectively) · bg храсталак (shrubs collectively) · sv buskage (planting of shrubs) · cs křoví (shrubs collectively) · de Gesträuch (shrubs collectively) · fi pensaskasvillisuus (shrubs collectively) · cs křoviny (shrubs collectively) · es matorral (planting of shrubs) · fi pensaikko (planting of shrubs) · ru насаждения кустарника (planting of shrubs) · cmn 灌木叢 /灌木丛 (shrubs collectively) · bg жив плет (planting of shrubs) · fi pensaikko (shrubs collectively) · pl chruśniak (planting of shrubs) · de Strauchwerk (shrubs collectively) · cmn 灌木園 /灌木园 (planting of shrubs) · fr fruticée (planting of shrubs) · vo bimülem (shrubs collectively) · pl krzewina (planting of shrubs)