shrub
/ʃɹʌb/noun
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
Example sentence
- “I ventured into the shrubs.”
Related words
bushA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.thicketA dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.fernAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.orchardA garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.mossAny of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).groveA small forest.