shrub : Idioms & Phrases

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Cotton shrub

  • . Same as Cotton plant.
Webster 1913

flowering shrub

  • noun shrub noted primarily for its flowers
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High-water shrub

  • (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Webster 1913

pepper shrub

  • noun evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits
    Pseudowintera colorata; Wintera colorata.
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ringworm shrub

  • noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    ringworm bush; Cassia alata; Senna alata; ringworm cassia.
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Rum shrub

  • a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.
Webster 1913

strawberry shrub

  • noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
    Calycanthus floridus; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub; Carolina allspice.
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strawberry-shrub family

  • noun shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
    Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae.
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sweet shrub

  • noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
    Calycanthus floridus; strawberry bush; strawberry shrub; Carolina allspice.
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Sweet-scented shrub

  • (Bot.), a shrub of the genus Calycanthus, the flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance resembling that of strawberries.
Webster 1913