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shrubby

US/ˈʃɹʌbi/

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Ireland/ˈʃɹʊbi/

shrubby adjective: of or resembling a shrub.

Adjective

shrubby (comparative shrubbier, superlative shrubbiest)

  1. Of or resembling a shrub.
    • A shrubby species suitable for beefarming, as it flowers profusely from November-January, and yields both pollen and nectar.1965, William Faris Blakely, A Key to the Eucalypts: With Descriptions of 522 Species and 150 Varieties, Forestry and Timber Bureau, →ISBN, page 180
  2. Planted or covered with shrubs.

shrubby meaning in Tamil

shrubby in Tamil

புதரைப்போலுள்ள, புதர்மண்டிய, புதரான, புதர்மூடிய, புதரடர்ந்த

Synonyms of shrubby

Forms of shrubby

comparativeshrubbier
superlativeshrubbiest

Origin of shrubby

From shrub + -y.

Words formed from shrubby

Phrases with shrubby

Words that rhyme with shrubby

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Questions about shrubby

What does shrubby mean?
Shrubby means of or resembling a shrub.
What is shrubby in Tamil?
Shrubby in Tamil is புதரைப்போலுள்ள, புதர்மண்டிய, புதரான. See Shrubby meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shrubby?
Shrubby is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shrubby?
Shrubby is pronounced /ˈʃɹʌbi/ (US).

Words near shrubby in the dictionary

  1. shrubbiness
  2. shrubbing
  3. shrubbing out
  4. shrubbing up
  5. shrubbish
  6. shrubby
  7. shrubby boneset
  8. shrubby bonesets
  9. shrubby false buttonweed
  10. shrubby gromwell
  11. shrubby gromwells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrubby (page history and authors); shrubby (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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