shrubbery (redirected from shrubberies)

shrub·ber·y  (shrb-r)

n. pl. shrub·ber·ies

A group or planting of shrubs.

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shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbərɪ]

n pl -beries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a place where a number of shrubs are planted

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) shrubs collectively

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Shrubbery shrubs collectively, 1777; a plantation of shrubs.

Example: shrubbery of birch, oak, and alders, 1791.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrubbery - an area where a number of shrubs are planted area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
	2.	shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Translations

shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] N → arbustos mpl

shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbəri] n → massif m d'arbustes

shrubbery

n (= shrub bed) → Strauchrabatte f; (= shrubs) → Büsche pl, → Sträucher pl, → Buschwerk nt; the ball got lost in the shrubbery → der Ball ging im Gebüsch verloren

shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] n → arbusti mpl