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Shrub vs Summersweet - What's the difference?

shrub | summersweet |

As nouns the difference between shrub and summersweet

is that shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base while summersweet is Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.

As a verb shrub

is to lop; to prune.

shrub

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; akin to Norwegian skrubba the dwarf cornel tree

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
    • Synonyms
    * bush (plant)
    Derived terms
    * semishrubby * shrubbery * shrubby * subshrub * undershrub

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
  • (Kenya) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.
    • For example , ? sr?b)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , akin to sirup, sherbet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

    • Anagrams

    * brush

    summersweet

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Clethra alnifolia , a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.

    • Synonyms

    * sweet pepperbush