Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shrub
Shrub
shrub
1. n. a woody plant smaller than a tree and having a very short stem with branches near the ground. Derivatives shrubby adj. Etymology: ME f. OE scrubb, scrybb shrubbery: cf. NFris. skrobb brushwood, WFlem. schrobbe vetch, Norw. skrubba dwarf cornel, and SCRUB(2) 2. n. a cordial made of sweetened fruit-juice and spirits, esp. rum. Etymology: Arab. surb, sarab f. sariba to drink: cf. SHERBET, SYRUP
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English schrobbe, from Old English scrybb brushwood; akin to Norwegian skrubbebær, a cornel of a dwarf species Date: before 12th century a low usually several-stemmed woody plant, II. noun Etymology: Arabic sharāb beverage Date: circa 1706 an aged blend of fruit juice, sugar, and spirits served chilled and diluted with water, a beverage made by adding acidulated fruit juice to iced water ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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