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Search phrase: shrub

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Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.156To shrink mine arm up like a withered shrub;To shrinke mine Arme vp like a wither'd Shrub,
The TempestTem II.ii.18Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear offHere's neither bush, nor shrub to beare off

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Glossary

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box-treetype of ornamental thick shrub
broom-grovegrove of broom [a yellow-flowered shrub]
buskybosky, bushy, shrub-covered
furzespiny shrub, gorse
gossgorse, spiny shrub
herbaromatic shrub, associated with repentance
rosemaryaromatic shrub, associated with remembering
ruearomatic shrub, associated with repentance, pity
sennavariety of shrub [producing a drug which can cause vomiting and bowel evacuation]

Thesaurus

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pity [shrub]rue
shrub [for bowel evacuation]senna
shrub, aromaticherb
shrub, aromaticrosemary
shrub, aromaticrue
shrub, ornamental thick box-tree
shrub, spinygoss
shrub, spinyfurze
shrub, yellow-floweredbroom-grove
shrub-coveredbusky

Themes and Topics

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Plants...atae rosmarinus officinalis aromatic shrub associated with ‘remembrance’ funerals...
... araliaceae hedera helix climbing shrub associated with concealment la...
... rutaceae ruta graveolens aromatic shrub leaves often used medicinally associat...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHRUBBASICshrub n
SHRUBNOTunshrubbed adj
UNSHRUBBEDBASICsee SHRUB

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