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shrubbery

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shrub·ber·y  (shrb-r)
n. pl. shrub·ber·ies
A group or planting of shrubs.

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shrubberyshrubbery - 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] Narbustos mpl
shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbəri] nmassif m d'arbustes
shrubbery
n (= shrub bed)Strauchrabatte f; (= shrubs)Büsche pl, → Sträucher pl, → Buschwerk nt; the ball got lost in the shrubberyder Ball ging im Gebüsch verloren
shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] narbusti mpl
shrubbery [ˈʃrʌbərɪ] narbusti mpl


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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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