1. Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
   - gown, surgical gown

1. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
   - chaparral [N. Amer], bush 
2. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
   - scrubbing, scouring

1. Clean with hard rubbing
   "She scrubbed his back"
   - scour 
2. Wash thoroughly
   "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
   - scrub up 
3. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
   "we had to scrub our vacation plans"
   - cancel, call off, scratch

See also: scrubber, scrubby

Type of: botany, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, flora, garment, lave, rub, vegetation, wash

Encyclopedia: Scrub

• Pinus albicaulis
• Pinus aristata
• Pinus attenuata
• Pinus banksiana
• Pinus californiarum
• Pinus cembra
• Pinus cembroides
• Pinus contorta
• Pinus contorta murrayana
• Pinus densiflora
• Pinus echinata
• Pinus edulis
• Pinus flexilis
• Pinus glabra
• Pinus jeffreyi
• Pinus longaeva
• Pinus monophylla
• Pinus monticola
• Pinus mugo
• Pinus muricata
• Pinus nigra
• Pinus palustris
• Pinus parryana
• Pinus pinea
• Pinus ponderosa