shrub

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Similar word(s): bush

Definition categories: plant

verb

1. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

2. (transitive) (Kenya) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

- For example, IPA(key): /ʃɹʌb/ → /sɹʌb/ (enPR: shrŭb → srŭb)