How do you use the word "shrub" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "shrub": I'm going to plant a shrub. I have a large shrub in my front lawn that needs to be trimmed.

Shrub Meaning

/ˈʃɹʌb/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

verbTo lop; to prune.

Sentence Examples

I'm going to plant a shrub.

I have a large shrub in my front lawn that needs to be trimmed.

The oleander is an evergreen shrub that doesn't require much care.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

bush

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The gardener planted a small brightly flowering ____ next to the fence.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We decided to plant a decorative evergreen ____ near the front entrance to improve the house's curb appeal.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention." — 2024 September 27, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island”, in CNN:

"Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods." — 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:

"The Papistes[…]though they be woll shrubbed, and shred, yet they begin euen nowe before the springe, to budde." — 1573, Anthony Anderson, An Exposition of the Hymne commonly called Benedictus:

"The people who benefit from making fun of shrubbing, therefore, are Kenyans who do not speak indigenous languages, because they are less likely to shrub than Kenyans who learned English as a second language in school and may have a heavier accent." — 2010, Norma Mendoza-Denton, Dana Osborne, quoting Heidi Orcutt-Gachiri, “Two Languages, Two Identities?”, in Carmen Llamas, Dominic Watt, editors, Shrubbing and the evaluation of expertise in Kenyan English and Kiswahili: placing Kenyan indigenous languages at risk, 2008, page 7, quoted in Language and Identities, →ISBN, page 121:

"However, Mwandani and her brother had noted that their mother had shrubbed and pointed it out right away." — 2014, Michael Gathonjia Wairungu, “The notion of shrubbing vs. Mother tongue interference: a question of generation”, in "A Language of Many Hats": The Rise of Sheng and other Linguistic Styles among Urban Youth in Kenya, page 310:

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