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boscage - A mass of growing trees or shrubs—or a depiction of a wooded landscape.
nature strip - An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the footpath part and the roadway proper.
balm, balsam - Greek balsamon is the source of both balm and balsam; it was an oily resin of various trees and shrubs.
topiary - Describing shrubs and trees that are trimmed, it is derived from Latin topiarius, "ornamental gardener."

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Bush Christmas berry Christmasberry cranberry tree Ericaceae family Ericaceae family Malvaceae family Proteaceae family Rubiaceae flowering shrub heath family leatherwood madder family mallow family Malvaceae Mimosoideae Natal plum Oleaceae Oregon grape			Whether it were a group of shrubs or an alleyway or a vista of water that we were passing, you would halt before me, and stand gazing at my face as though you were showing me possessions of your own. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context An opportune belt of shrubs that ran from the gate adjoining the road to a point not far from the house gave him just the cover he needed. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context After two hours the guide stopped the elephant, and gave him an hour for rest, during which Kiouni, after quenching his thirst at a neighbouring spring, set to devouring the branches and shrubs round about him. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context			shroud-laid Shrouded Shrouded gear Shrouding Shroudless Shroudy shrove Shrove Monday Shrove Sunday Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide Shroving Shrow Shrowd shrub shrub layer shrubbery Shrubbiness shrubby shrubby bittersweet Shrubby horsetail shrubby penstemon shrubby St John's wort Shrubless shrublet shrubs Shruff shrug shrug off shrunk shrunken shrunken head sht. shtetl shtick shtickl shtik shtikl shtoom shtuck shtup Shua Shubra al Khaymah shuck shuck off Shucker shucks shudder shuddering shudderingly shuddery			SHRTWV SHRU shrub shrub shrub layer Shrub Mounds Shrub verbena Shrub verbena Shrub verbena shrub-coppice dune shrubberies shrubberies shrubbery shrubbery shrubbier shrubbier shrubbiest shrubbiest shrubbiness shrubby shrubby shrubby bittersweet Shrubby horsetail shrubby penstemon shrubby St John's wort Shrubby Yuccas Shrubby Yuccas Shrubby Yuccas Shrubless shrublet shrubs Shruff shrug shrug shrug shrug shrug off shrug off shrug off shrug shoulders shrugged shrugged shrugged off shrugging shrugging shrugging off shrugs shrugs shrugs off shrunk shrunk shrunk shrunk shrunk from shrunk from shrunk from shrunk into shrunk into shrunk into shrunk joint shrunken

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