shrubbyadj.

Brit.

/ˈʃrʌbi/, U.S.

/ˈʃrəbi/

Etymology: < shrub n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Having the habit, growth, or size of a shrub; spec. having perennial woody stems rising from the root. In early use frequently applied to trees of stunted growth (cf. scrubby adj.¹ 1).

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush

shrubbed1539

bushy1567

bushed1573

shrubby1581

frutical1597

woody1609

shrubbish1656

arbustal1657

fruticeousa1682

frutescent1710

fruticose1805

fruticulose1830

bush-like1878

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > ragged, stunted, or scanty

shrubbed1539

shrubby1581

scraggy1858

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 734 Mirrhe is a little shrubby tree.

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 26, in Ess. The shootes or vnderwood that grow neare a great..tree, is the most pyned & shrubbie wood of the field.

1630 J. Smith Advts. for Planters 22 Three or foure short shrubby old Cedars.

1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) 2 These [trees] we shall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous, Fruticant, and Shrubby.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 66 Plants appearing Withered or Blasted, Shrubby and Curled, are the effects of immoderate Wet or Heat, and Cold interchangably.

1773 Hist. Brit. Dominions N. Amer. ii. v. §2. 290 The timber is too small, shrubby, and gnarly.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 22 On all the small streams there are shrubby cotton-trees.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 593 The thick masses of wood of shrubby and tree~like Chenopodiaceæ.

b. In specific names of plants, often rendering Latin fruticosus.† †shrubby mallow n. Obsolete = shrub mallow n. at shrub n.¹ Compounds 3.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun]

mallowa1400

mallowa1425

shrubbed mallow1597

shrubby mallow1597

shrub mallow1640

mahoe1666

purau1769

Malabar rose1818

rose of Sharon1835

shuttlecock1836

hau1843

cotton tree1876

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 788 The shrubbie Mallowe riseth vp like vnto a hedge bush.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1129 Polemonium siue Trifolium fruticans. Shrubbie Trefoile.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1677 The shrubby wild Bay of Candy.

1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 15 (note) The brassica sylvestris, or shrubby cabbage.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 98 Shrubby-willows or sallows.

1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds 426 The Suæda fruticosa, Shrubby Sea Blite, of botanists.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 57/2 Shrubby Grass. The genus Thamnochortus.

†c. Of persons: Stunted, undersized. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) v. 41 This kinde of people I finde to be..shorte of growth, broade, and shrubbye.

2. Of the nature of or consisting of shrubs.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush > consisting of

shrubby1540

1540 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 343 A close of pasture with myche shrubby wood therein.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 24 A lowe shrubbie boggie wood.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iv. x. 165 The Woods began to be very full of Thorns, and shrubby Bushes.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 8 The goats their shrubby brouze gnaw pendent.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 66 Troopers..posted behind the cover of the shrubby copses of alders.

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. vii. 180 The under-growth consisting of fine herbaceous plants, tree-ferns, and shrubby vegetation.

3. Covered, planted, or overgrown with shrubs.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective]

greeneOE

strongc1230

verdant1590

shrubby1598

shaggy1605

tufted1606

tufty1612

covered1632

vegetated1697

covert1707

verdurous1717

shagged1784

matted1791

vegetive1855

scrubbed1870

flourishing1883

1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 441 The beauties of the shrubby hils.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 135 Through blind wayes in forrests and shrubbie places.

1637 J. Milton Comus 11 Due west it rises from this shrubbie point.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 24 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 279 A stony, rocky, shrubby tract.

1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 12 May in Views Louisiana (1814) 227 I..wandered several miles through shrubby hills.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 218 We stopped near noon in a little shrubby plain.

4. Characteristic of a shrub or its habit.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush > characteristic of

fruticose1668

shrubby1776

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. Gloss. 804/2 Shrubby. Somewhat woody, as the stems of the Rose.

1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) V. 639/1 It rises with a shrubby stalk 8 or 9 feet high.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 203 Tanacetum..Herbs often shrubby below.

1882 Garden 11 Mar. 161/1 The foliage, which is produced on a strong, round, shrubby stem, is very dark green.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shrubby
释义	shrubbyadj. Brit. /ˈʃrʌbi/, U.S. /ˈʃrəbi/ Etymology: < shrub n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Having the habit, growth, or size of a shrub; spec. having perennial woody stems rising from the root. In early use frequently applied to trees of stunted growth (cf. scrubby adj.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush shrubbed1539 bushy1567 bushed1573 shrubby1581 frutical1597 woody1609 shrubbish1656 arbustal1657 fruticeousa1682 frutescent1710 fruticose1805 fruticulose1830 bush-like1878 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > ragged, stunted, or scanty shrubbed1539 shrubby1581 scraggy1858 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 734 Mirrhe is a little shrubby tree. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 26, in Ess. The shootes or vnderwood that grow neare a great..tree, is the most pyned & shrubbie wood of the field. 1630 J. Smith Advts. for Planters 22 Three or foure short shrubby old Cedars. 1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) 2 These [trees] we shall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous, Fruticant, and Shrubby. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 66 Plants appearing Withered or Blasted, Shrubby and Curled, are the effects of immoderate Wet or Heat, and Cold interchangably. 1773 Hist. Brit. Dominions N. Amer. ii. v. §2. 290 The timber is too small, shrubby, and gnarly. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 22 On all the small streams there are shrubby cotton-trees. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 593 The thick masses of wood of shrubby and tree~like Chenopodiaceæ. b. In specific names of plants, often rendering Latin fruticosus.† †shrubby mallow n. Obsolete = shrub mallow n. at shrub n.¹ Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun] mallowa1400 mallowa1425 shrubbed mallow1597 shrubby mallow1597 shrub mallow1640 mahoe1666 purau1769 Malabar rose1818 rose of Sharon1835 shuttlecock1836 hau1843 cotton tree1876 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 788 The shrubbie Mallowe riseth vp like vnto a hedge bush. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1129 Polemonium siue Trifolium fruticans. Shrubbie Trefoile. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1677 The shrubby wild Bay of Candy. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 15 (note) The brassica sylvestris, or shrubby cabbage. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 98 Shrubby-willows or sallows. 1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds 426 The Suæda fruticosa, Shrubby Sea Blite, of botanists. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 57/2 Shrubby Grass. The genus Thamnochortus. †c. Of persons: Stunted, undersized. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) v. 41 This kinde of people I finde to be..shorte of growth, broade, and shrubbye. 2. Of the nature of or consisting of shrubs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush > consisting of shrubby1540 1540 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 343 A close of pasture with myche shrubby wood therein. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 24 A lowe shrubbie boggie wood. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iv. x. 165 The Woods began to be very full of Thorns, and shrubby Bushes. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 8 The goats their shrubby brouze gnaw pendent. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 66 Troopers..posted behind the cover of the shrubby copses of alders. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. vii. 180 The under-growth consisting of fine herbaceous plants, tree-ferns, and shrubby vegetation. 3. Covered, planted, or overgrown with shrubs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] greeneOE strongc1230 verdant1590 shrubby1598 shaggy1605 tufted1606 tufty1612 covered1632 vegetated1697 covert1707 verdurous1717 shagged1784 matted1791 vegetive1855 scrubbed1870 flourishing1883 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 441 The beauties of the shrubby hils. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 135 Through blind wayes in forrests and shrubbie places. 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 Due west it rises from this shrubbie point. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 24 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 279 A stony, rocky, shrubby tract. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 12 May in Views Louisiana (1814) 227 I..wandered several miles through shrubby hills. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 218 We stopped near noon in a little shrubby plain. 4. Characteristic of a shrub or its habit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > of or resembling a shrub or bush > characteristic of fruticose1668 shrubby1776 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. Gloss. 804/2 Shrubby. Somewhat woody, as the stems of the Rose. 1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) V. 639/1 It rises with a shrubby stalk 8 or 9 feet high. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 203 Tanacetum..Herbs often shrubby below. 1882 Garden 11 Mar. 161/1 The foliage, which is produced on a strong, round, shrubby stem, is very dark green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1540
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