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shrub is a type of:

• woody plant, ligneous plant (noun) - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

types of shrub:

• African hemp, Sparmannia africana (noun) - large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
• American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa (noun) - small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
• Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa (noun) - Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods
• Apalachicola rosemary, Conradina glabra (noun) - small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers
• Australian heath (noun) - any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae

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• Catha edulis (noun) - a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea
• Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum (noun) - grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers
• Chilean nut, Chile nut, Chile hazel, Chilean hazelnut, Guevina heterophylla, Guevina avellana (noun) - Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
• Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii (noun) - about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species
• Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree, Aralia stipulata (noun) - similar to American angelica tree but less prickly
• Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta (noun) - dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves
• Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi (noun) - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Christmasberry, Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum (noun) - spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
• Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea, Cytisus ramentaceus (noun) - erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds
• Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant (noun) - a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes
• Erythroxylon truxiuense (noun) - a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine
• Himalaya honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa (noun) - shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers
• Indian rhododendron, Melastoma malabathricum (noun) - evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers
• Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet, Chimonanthus praecox (noun) - deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
• Japanese angelica tree, Aralia elata (noun) - deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree
• Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata (noun) - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers
• Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow (noun) - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
• Jupiter's beard, silverbush, silver-bush, Anthyllis barba-jovis (noun) - silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers
• Labrador tea, crystal tea, Ledum groenlandicum (noun) - evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
• Medinilla magnifica (noun) - a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers
• Mysore thorn, Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria (noun) - spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
• Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium (noun) - ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
• Oregon grape, Mahonia nervosa (noun) - small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries
• Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn, firethorn (noun) - any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
• Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia (noun) - prickly bushy Eurasian plant
• Tasman dwarf pine, Microstrobos niphophilus (noun) - small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
• abelia (noun) - any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers
• allspice (noun) - deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark
• alpine azalea, mountain azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens (noun) - creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers
• alpine totara, Podocarpus nivalis (noun) - low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
• amorpha (noun) - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
• andromeda (noun) - any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
• andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica (noun) - broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
• angel's trumpet, maikoa, Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea (noun) - a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
• angel's trumpet, Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens (noun) - South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
• arbutus (noun) - any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
• arrow wood, southern arrow wood, Viburnum dentatum (noun) - deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
• arrow wood, Viburnum recognitum (noun) - closely related to southern arrow wood
• artemisia (noun) - any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
• banksia (noun) - any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
• barbasco, joewood, Jacquinia keyensis (noun) - West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
• barberry (noun) - any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
• bean caper, Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago (noun) - perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
• bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, Anagyris foetida (noun) - shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods
• bearberry (noun) - chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
• beauty bush, Kolkwitzia amabilis (noun) - Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit
• bird's-eye bush, Ochna serrulata (noun) - shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals
• bitter pea (noun) - any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds
• black haw, Viburnum prunifolium (noun) - upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit
• blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa (noun) - a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
• bladder senna, Colutea arborescens (noun) - yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
• blolly, West Indian snowberry, Chiococca alba (noun) - evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
• blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides (noun) - tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
• blueberry, blueberry bush (noun) - any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
• box, boxwood (noun) - evergreen shrubs or small trees
• bracelet wood, Jacquinia armillaris (noun) - small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets
• bridal wreath, bridal-wreath, Francoa ramosa (noun) - Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers
• bristly locust, rose acacia, moss locust, Robinia hispida (noun) - large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
• broom (noun) - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
• bryanthus (noun) - procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers
• buckler mustard, Biscutalla laevigata (noun) - plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers
• buckthorn (noun) - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
• buckthorn (noun) - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus
• burning bush (noun) - (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses
• bush hibiscus, Radyera farragei, Hibiscus farragei (noun) - southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers
• bush honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera (noun) - spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers
• bush honeysuckle, Diervilla sessilifolia (noun) - bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
• bush poppy, tree poppy (noun) - evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
• bushman's poison, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata (noun) - evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
• butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus (noun) - shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls)
• butterfly bush, buddleia (noun) - tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
• butterfly flower, Bauhinia monandra (noun) - shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
• calliandra (noun) - any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers
• camellia, camelia (noun) - any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
• candlewood (noun) - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
• cannabis, hemp (noun) - any plant of the genus Cannabis
• caper (noun) - any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
• capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant (noun) - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
• caricature plant, Graptophyllum pictum (noun) - tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face
• carissa (noun) - a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
• cassava, casava (noun) - any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
• castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis (noun) - large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin
• cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati (noun) - erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds
• chalice vine, trumpet flower, cupflower, Solandra guttata (noun) - Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
• chanar, chanal, Geoffroea decorticans (noun) - thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
• chaparral pea, stingaree-bush, Pickeringia montana (noun) - spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets
• cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus laurocerasus (noun) - frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
• cinquefoil, five-finger (noun) - any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers
• climbing hydrangea, Schizophragma hydrangeoides (noun) - climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes
• columnea (noun) - tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers
• common flat pea, native holly, Playlobium obtusangulum (noun) - low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
• coral bush, flame bush, Templetonia retusa (noun) - Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
• coralberry, spiceberry, Ardisia crenata (noun) - shrub with coral-red berries
• coralberry, Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (noun) - North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
• corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana (noun) - very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
• coronilla (noun) - any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels
• cotoneaster (noun) - any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits
• cotton, cotton plant (noun) - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
• coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis (noun) - widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
• cranberry (noun) - any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
• cranberry bush, cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum (noun) - deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
• crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate (noun) - tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas
• crape myrtle, crepe myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica (noun) - ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
• creosote bush, coville, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata (noun) - desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
• croton, Croton tiglium (noun) - tropical Asiatic shrub
• croton, Codiaeum variegatum (noun) - grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage
• crowberry (noun) - a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
• currant, currant bush (noun) - any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
• cushion flower, pincushion hakea, Hakea laurina (noun) - tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers
• cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora (noun) - shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil
• daisybush, daisy-bush, daisy bush (noun) - any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
• daphne (noun) - any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
• day jessamine, Cestrum diurnum (noun) - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
• derris (noun) - any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone
• desert willow, Chilopsis linearis (noun) - evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
• dog laurel, dog hobble, switch-ivy, Leucothoe fontanesiana, Leucothoe editorum (noun) - fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers
• dombeya (noun) - any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves
• dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima (noun) - stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
• dwarf golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens (noun) - evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin
• elder, elderberry bush (noun) - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
• ephedra, joint fir (noun) - jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
• false azalea, fool's huckleberry, Menziesia ferruginea (noun) - straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
• false tamarisk, German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica (noun) - Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk
• feijoa, feijoa bush (noun) - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
• fetterbush, fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida (noun) - showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
• fetterbush, mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris floribunda (noun) - ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
• fever tree, Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens (noun) - ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
• flame pea (noun) - any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers
• flannelbush, flannel bush, California beauty (noun) - any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
• flat pea, Platylobium formosum (noun) - evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings
• flowering quince (noun) - Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
• flowering shrub (noun) - shrub noted primarily for its flowers
• forestiera (noun) - any plant of the genus Forestiera
• forsythia (noun) - any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia
• fothergilla, witch alder (noun) - any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color
• frangipani, frangipanni (noun) - any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
• fuchsia (noun) - any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers
• gardenia (noun) - any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
• geebung (noun) - any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits
• glory pea, clianthus (noun) - any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes
• goldenbush (noun) - any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus
• gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia (noun) - spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
• gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus (noun) - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers
• governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum, ramontchi, batoko palm, Flacourtia indica (noun) - small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
• greasewood, black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus (noun) - low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
• grevillea (noun) - any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea
• groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia (noun) - a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies
• guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus (noun) - deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
• guinea gold vine, guinea flower (noun) - any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
• hamelia (noun) - any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia
• hawthorn, haw (noun) - a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
• heath (noun) - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae
• helianthemum, sunrose, sun rose (noun) - any plant of the genus Helianthemum
• hiccup nut, hiccough nut, Combretum bracteosum (noun) - ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers
• hoary golden bush, Hazardia cana (noun) - western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple
• honey bell, honeybells, Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata (noun) - African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
• honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa (noun) - erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
• honeysuckle (noun) - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
• hovea, purple pea (noun) - any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
• huckleberry (noun) - any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
• huckleberry oak, Quercus vaccinifolia (noun) - a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
• hydrangea (noun) - any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
• impala lily, mock azalia, desert rose, kudu lily, Adenium obesum, Adenium multiflorum (noun) - South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall
• indigo, indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria (noun) - deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers
• jasmine (noun) - any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
• jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba (noun) - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
• kalmia (noun) - any plant of the genus Kalmia
• kapuka, Griselinia littoralis (noun) - small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
• kei apple, kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra (noun) - vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
• lady-of-the-night, Brunfelsia americana (noun) - West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
• laurel sumac, Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina (noun) - small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries
• lavender (noun) - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers
• lavender cotton, Santolina chamaecyparissus (noun) - branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers
• leadwort, Plumbago europaea (noun) - a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers
• leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata (noun) - north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers
• leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris (noun) - deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
• leucothoe (noun) - any plant of the genus Leucothoe
• lilac (noun) - any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• lomatia (noun) - any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers
• lotus tree, Ziziphus lotus (noun) - shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
• makomako, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa (noun) - graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
• maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina (noun) - deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers
• mallow (noun) - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
• manzanita (noun) - chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America
• marlberry, Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata (noun) - tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries
• marmalade bush, fire bush, fire-bush, Streptosolen jamesonii (noun) - evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers
• mastic, mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus (noun) - an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
• matrimony vine, boxthorn (noun) - any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
• mesquite, mesquit (noun) - any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
• mimosa (noun) - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
• minniebush, minnie bush, Menziesia pilosa (noun) - low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs
• mock privet (noun) - evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
• mountain rimu, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, Dacridium laxifolius (noun) - low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches
• mucuna (noun) - any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna
• mule fat, Baccharis viminea (noun) - California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer
• mutisia (noun) - any of various plants of the genus Mutisia
• naranjilla, Solanum quitoense (noun) - small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges
• native cranberry, groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum (noun) - small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries
• native pear, woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme (noun) - tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
• needlebush, needle-bush, needle bush, Hakea lissosperma (noun) - shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers
• needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera (noun) - large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers
• negro peach, Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus (noun) - a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit
• night jasmine, night jessamine, Cestrum nocturnum (noun) - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
• oleaster (noun) - any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
• othonna (noun) - a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers
• paloverde (noun) - a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
• patchouli, patchouly, pachouli, Pogostemon cablin (noun) - small East Indian shrubby mint
• pavonia (noun) - any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers
• pea tree, caragana (noun) - any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
• pepper shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata (noun) - evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits
• phalsa, Grewia asiatica (noun) - drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets
• philadelphus (noun) - any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters
• pichi, Fabiana imbricata (noun) - Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers
• pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan (noun) - tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods
• pink fivecorner, Styphelia triflora (noun) - heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit
• pitcher sage, Lepechinia calycina, Sphacele calycina (noun) - California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers
• poison bush, poison pea, gastrolobium (noun) - any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
• potato tree, Brazilian potato tree, Solanum wrightii, Solanum macranthum (noun) - South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics
• privet (noun) - any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries
• protea (noun) - any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
• puka, Griselinia lucida (noun) - South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
• pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata (noun) - creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers
• rauwolfia, rauvolfia (noun) - any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers
• red angel's trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea, Datura sanguinea (noun) - arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers
• red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon (noun) - low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches
• retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam (noun) - desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
• rhododendron (noun) - any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers
• rockrose, rock rose (noun) - small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa
• rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, Aspalathus cedcarbergensis (noun) - South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers
• rose, rosebush (noun) - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
• sabicu, Lysiloma sabicu (noun) - West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
• salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon (noun) - small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
• salt tree, Halimodendron halodendron, Halimodendron argenteum (noun) - spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
• saltbush (noun) - any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
• saltwort, Batis maritima (noun) - low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
• saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda (noun) - bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves
• sand cherry, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, Prunus cuneata (noun) - small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
• sand myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium (noun) - low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage
• screw tree (noun) - a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
• sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum (noun) - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast
• senna (noun) - any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers
• shrublet (noun) - dwarf shrub
• silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense (noun) - low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
• slipper spurge, slipper plant (noun) - any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
• smoke bush (noun) - any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
• smoke tree, Dalea spinosa (noun) - greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers
• smoke tree, smoke bush (noun) - any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
• sow thistle, milk thistle (noun) - any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers
• spicebush, spice bush, American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin, Benzoin odoriferum (noun) - deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
• spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree (noun) - any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
• spirea, spiraea (noun) - any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea
• spurge (noun) - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia
• staff tree (noun) - any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
• staggerbush, stagger bush, Lyonia mariana (noun) - deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers
• stephanotis (noun) - any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
• strawberry bush, wahoo, Euonymus americanus (noun) - upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds
• strophanthus (noun) - any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters
• styrax (noun) - any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage
• subshrub, suffrutex (noun) - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
• sumac, sumach, shumac (noun) - a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
• summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia (noun) - densely branched Eurasian plant
• swamp oak, Viminaria juncea, Viminaria denudata (noun) - Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
• sweet bells, Leucothoe racemosa (noun) - bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers
• sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolia (noun) - deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
• sweet gale, Scotch gale, Myrica gale (noun) - bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
• sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia (noun) - shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
• tagasaste, Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus (noun) - shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves
• tamarisk (noun) - any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers
• tea, Camellia sinensis (noun) - a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India
• telegraph plant, semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans (noun) - erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
• thorn apple (noun) - any of several plants of the genus Datura
• three-seeded mercury, Acalypha virginica (noun) - weedy herb of eastern North America
• ti, Cordyline terminalis (noun) - shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing
• toyon, tollon, Christmasberry, Christmas berry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia (noun) - ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits
• trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea repens (noun) - low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
• trapper's tea, glandular Labrador tea (noun) - a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum
• tree lupine, Lupinus arboreus (noun) - evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers
• tree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, Lavatera arborea (noun) - arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers
• tree tomato, tamarillo (noun) - South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
• umbrella tree, Schefflera actinophylla, Brassaia actinophylla (noun) - erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves
• undershrub (noun) - a low shrub
• wahoo, burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus (noun) - deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
• waratah, Telopea Oreades (noun) - tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
• waratah, Telopea speciosissima (noun) - straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
• wax myrtle (noun) - any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
• wayfaring tree, twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana (noun) - vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides
• weigela, Weigela florida (noun) - deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers
• western redbud, California redbud, Cercis occidentalis (noun) - shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers
• wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana, Canella-alba (noun) - large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
• wild peach, Kiggelaria africana (noun) - large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage
• wild rosemary, marsh tea, Ledum palustre (noun) - bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan
• winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium (noun) - bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
• winter hazel, flowering hazel (noun) - any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
• winter sweet, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis (noun) - medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
• witch hazel, witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant (noun) - any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis
• xylosma, Xylosma congestum (noun) - shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers
• yellow oleander, Thevetia peruviana, Thevetia neriifolia (noun) - tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers
• yerba santa, Eriodictyon californicum (noun) - viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers
• yucca (noun) - any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers

shrub is a member of:

• shrubbery (noun) - a collection of shrubs growing together

shrub is derivationally related to:

• bushy (adjective) - resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
• shrubby, fruticose, fruticulose (adjective) - of or relating to or resembling a shrub
• shrublet (noun) - dwarf shrub