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SHRUBBERY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shrubbery mean?

• SHRUBBERY (noun)
The noun SHRUBBERY has 2 senses:

1. an area where a number of shrubs are planted
2. a collection of shrubs growing together

Familiarity information: SHRUBBERY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHRUBBERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An area where a number of shrubs are planted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("shrubbery" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A collection of shrubs growing together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("shrubbery" is a kind of...):

botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)

Meronyms (members of "shrubbery"):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

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