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• The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.From the entry harmonious
• After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.From the entry overlarge
• Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.From the entry woody
• The shrub was too branchy. It needed to be pruned so it would have a few strong shoots instead of many weak ones.From the entry branchy
• My most liked post is a quote tweet of the president's Arbor Day greetings in which I insinuated that shrubs should also have a holiday.From the entry quote tweet
• In fact, a railway lined with hedgerows and shrubs would be perfect for reliability and biodiversity.2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15. From the entry hawthorn
• I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry enfleurage
• Acacia concinna, commonly known as Skikakai in Hindi or Sompoi in Thai, is a climbing shrub.2019 January, Jiratchaya Wisetkomolmat, Pongsakorn Suppakittpaisarn, Sarana Rose Sommano, “Detergent Plants of Northern Thailand…. From the entry sompoi
• A one-man patrol was marching down the dirt road through the woods and shrubs.2016, Gusme Bonomi, Otis: True Sea Monsters, Lulu Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN. From the entry patroler
• Smaller flowers such as chionodoxa are better under shrubs where they can create great pools of blue.2015 October 17, Alys Fowler, “Alys Fowler: now’s the time to plant a swath of crocuses”, in The Guardian. From the entry chionodoxa
• It's our own Russian tovarich, Dimitri, an authority on woodland and shrubs.2011, Gordon John Harrison, But That's Absurd: A Tall Story Without That Most Common Fifth Sign of Our ABC, page 70. From the entry tovarich
• The birds squawked desperately, their nests high up in the inaccessible shrubs.2010, Gabriela Mistral, Selected Prose and Prose-Poems, page 104. From the entry jungular
• And avoid trodding on the inevitably wet soil around the base of the shrubs as you work.2009 March 18, Sonia Day, “Nip that gardening zeal in the bud”, in Toronto Star. From the entry trod
• For those customers she recommends shrubs, especially broad-leaved evergreens like skimmia, aucuba, and variegated leucothoe.2008 April 4, Stephen Orr, “When a Garden Is a Weekend Affair”, in New York Times. From the entry leucothoe
• Try looking for Pittosporum tobira, a multistemmed evergreen shrub that is widely planted outdoors in warm climates.2007 January 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times. From the entry multistemmed
• Polyphemus caterpillars can eat the leaves of many different trees and shrubs.2006, “Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth”, in Prairie Haven. From the entry Polyphemus caterpillar
• The understory includes hapuʻu and various native small trees, shrubs and ferns.1999, “Affected Environment, Environmental Consequences, and Mitigation Measures”, in Saddle Road (State Route 200), Mamalahoa Highway…. From the entry hapuʻu
• This outstanding area is home to Canby’s mountain-lover, a small five inch high evergreen shrub.1991 February 9, Paul Knoop, “Our natural world: Search for plant real treat for these nature lovers”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 114…. From the entry Canby's mountain-lover
• Between sites, small shrubs (zinnia, Zinnia pumila; paper flower, Psilostrophe cooperi) predominate.1990, TMC Robert with CP Szpak and RJ Deslippe, “Experimental assessment of factors affecting the distribution of adult female tree…. From the entry paper flower
• In these charts, approximate sizes have been given tor trees, shrubs, climbers and wallplants.1988, Graham Rose, “Romantic Plant Charts”, in The Romantic Garden: A Guide to Creating a Beautiful and Private Garden Paradise, New York…. From the entry wallplant
• L. bullata (ramarama) is a beautiful shrub or small tree growing to about 5m.1987, John Brack Mortimer, Trees for the New Zealand Countryside: A Planter's Guide, page 241. From the entry ramarama
• Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, and Quercus shrubs are dispersed in this loggy area.1974, Habitat and Prey Selection of Sceloporus Occidentalis and S. Graciosus. From the entry loggy
• The corals have the shape of a shrub and are green.1960, Friedrich Simon Bodenheimer, Animal and Man in Bible Lands: Supplement, page 86. From the entry berry
• The leaves of the Jetuka shrub give a red juice when crushed.1949, The Eastern Anthropologist, volume 3, page 74. From the entry jetuka
• He was firm in his conviction that shrubs had to be "youngened" at least once a year.1949, Mary Deputy Lamson, Landscape with Shrubs and Flowering Trees, page 273. From the entry youngen
• "Flowering shrubs don't thrive in the subterranean caverns from which geysers spring," suggested Bradley.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp.…. From the entry beats me
• Although they are so small and dainty, they are classified botanically as shrubs!1905, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas, page 462. From the entry pyxie
• Southwestern-pink rocks and desert shrubs littered its courtyard.2020, Rebecca Bender, In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant, page 124. From the entry Southwestern pink
• Archaeophyte tree or shrub species were introduced, for instance, by the Romans or the ancient Greeks from Central Asia or Persia.2016, Matthias Meyer, “Invasive Species, Indigenous vs. Alien Dendroflora”, in Andreas Roloff, editor, Urban Tree Management for the…. From the entry archaeophyte
• We go along the walk-ways, among trees, shrubs and flowers.2014, Terence Park, “The Old House”, in Ice Made and Other Stories, page 87. From the entry God's work
• It was a humble little plant, fragile, a fledgling shrub with a few sprays of leaves—a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician’s Land (The Magicians Trilogy; 3), New York, N.Y.: Plume, published 2015, →ISBN, page 389. From the entry Charlie Brown Christmas tree
• Grandifloras blend well with other perennials and shrubs.2013, Bruce Asakawa, Sharon Asakawa, “Roses”, in California: Getting Started Garden Guide, Cool Springs Press, →ISBN, Grandiflora, page 125. From the entry grandiflora
• But if you don't plan or properly plant, these shrubs will pass away in your yarden in less than a month.2011, Jerry Baker, Flower Power!, page 280. From the entry yarden
• The trees and shrubs all around us began to show the signs of death; dried branches, leafless gray and molding wood.2010, Stony Stern, Run Past The Hunter, page 143. From the entry sunder
• American toads still fill spring nights with prolonged chirrings, while tree-frogs trill from perches in trees and shrubs.2008, Cornelia F. Mutel, The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa, page 166. From the entry chirring
• A few summers ago, an evil pyracantha shrub that blocked some of its sunlight was sacrificed in its honor.2008 June 1, Randy Kennedy, “Tree Proud”, in New York Times. From the entry pyracantha

Meaning of shrub

1. noun A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
2. verb To lop; to prune.
3. verb To plant a shrub in a yard, garden, etc.; to prune a bush or other plant into a shrub.

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Questions about shrub in a sentence

How do you use shrub in a sentence?

Shrub is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.”

What is a short sentence with shrub?

“Grandifloras blend well with other perennials and shrubs.”

What does shrub mean?

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