shrubbery

shrubbery
Synonyms and related words:
Japanese garden, alpine garden, arboretum, bed, bog garden, border, botanical garden, bracken, brake, bramble, brier, brier bush, bush, coppice, copse, dry garden, flower bed, flower garden, garden, garden spot, grape ranch, grapery, hedgerow, hedging, herbarium, hortus siccus, jardin, kitchen garden, market garden, ornamental garden, paradise, pinetum, rock garden, roof garden, scrub, shrub, sunken garden, tea garden, thicket, truck garden, underbrush, undergrowth, vegetable garden, victory garden, vinery, vineyard

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  • Shrubbery — Shrub ber*y, n.; pl. {Shrubberies}. 1. A collection of shrubs. [1913 Webster] 2. A place where shrubs are planted. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shrubbery — 1748, from SHRUB (Cf. shrub) + ERY (Cf. ery) …   Etymology dictionary

  • shrubbery — ► NOUN (pl. shrubberies) ▪ an area in a garden planted with shrubs …   English terms dictionary

  • shrubbery — [shrub′ər ē] n. 1. shrubs collectively 2. pl. shrubberies Brit. a place where many shrubs are grown …   English World dictionary

  • Shrubbery — A shrubbery was a feature of 19th century gardens in the English manner, with its origins in the gardenesque style [John Warfield Simpson, Visions of Paradise: Glimpses of Our Landscape s Legacy 1999:297.] of the early part of the century. A… …   Wikipedia

  • shrubbery — [[t]ʃrʌ̱bəri[/t]] shrubberies 1) N COUNT A shrubbery is a part of a garden where a lot of shrubs are growing. [BRIT] 2) N UNCOUNT You can refer to a lot of shrubs or to shrubs in general as shrubbery …   English dictionary

  • shrubbery — UK [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] / US [ˈʃrʌb(ə)rɪ] noun Word forms shrubbery : singular shrubbery plural shrubberies 1) [uncountable] several shrubs growing together 2) [countable] an area in a garden or park where shrubs are planted …   English dictionary

  • shrubbery — /shrub euh ree/, n., pl. shrubberies. 1. a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery. 2. shrubs collectively. [1740 50; SHRUB1 + ERY] * * * …   Universalium

  • shrubbery — shrub|be|ry [ˈʃrʌbəri] n plural shrubberies 1.) [U] shrubs planted close together ▪ a tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery 2.) a part of a garden where shrubs are planted close together …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shrubbery — n. to prune; trim shrubbery see also shrubs …   Combinatory dictionary

  • shrubbery — noun (plural beries) Date: 1731 a planting or growth of shrubs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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