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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 Shrubbery shrubs collectively, 1777; a plantation of shrubs. Example: shrubbery of birch, oak, and alders, 1791.
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Reaching a shrubbery which bounded one side of the grounds next, her Ladyship became aware of a man slowly approaching her, to all appearance absorbed in thought. He had conceived the journey through the shrubbery in rather an airy mood. By the time I had got to the corner, the trespassers, whoever they were, had run into the shrubbery at the off side of the walk, and were hidden from sight among the thick trees and bushes in that part of the grounds. |
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