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scrog

UK/skɹɒɡ/US/skɹɑɡ/

scrog noun: a stunted or shrivelled bush.

Noun

scrog (countable and uncountable, plural scrogs)

  1. A stunted or shrivelled bush.
  2. Brushwood.
  3. (countable) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.
    • Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans heart in base argent.1680, George Mackenzie, Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, page 59
  4. (Scotland, countable) The crab-apple tree.
  5. (dialectal) A blackthorn.

Forms of scrog

pluralscrogs
alternative formscroag

Origin of scrog

Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).

Words that rhyme with scrog

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Questions about scrog

What does scrog mean?
Scrog means a stunted or shrivelled bush.
What part of speech is scrog?
Scrog is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrog?
Scrog is pronounced /skɹɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of scrog?
The plural of scrog is scrogs.

Words near scrog in the dictionary

  1. scrofulosis
  2. scrofulous
  3. scrofulously
  4. scrofulousness
  5. scrofulæ
  6. scrog
  7. scroggin
  8. Scroggins
  9. Scroggs
  10. Scroggses
  11. scroggy

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