shrubby

shrubby [shruhb-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective, shrub·bi·er, shrub·bi·est.

1. consisting of or abounding in shrubs.
2. resembling a shrub; shrublike.

Origin of shrubby First recorded in 1530–40; shrub1 + -y1 Related formsshrub·bi·ness, noun Examples from the Web for shrubby Historical Examples of shrubby

A few are shrubby, and others are from small to large trees.

Trees of the Northern United States

Austin C. Apgar

It is often shrubby, and is more valuable for its bark than its wood.

American Forest Trees

Henry H. Gibson

It is simply a part of the undergrowth, a shrubby little tree.

Trees Every Child Should Know

Julia Ellen Rogers

It was open to the sky and ringed at the top with shrubby growth.

The Secret Cache

E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

There is a race of shrubby Calceolarias, but it is little known in this country.

The Practical Garden-Book

C. E. Hunn

British Dictionary definitions for shrubby shrubby adjective -bier or -biest

1. consisting of, planted with, or abounding in shrubs
2. resembling a shrub

Derived Formsshrubbiness, noun