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shrub

/ˈʃɹʌb/ noun C2
  1. 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. (countable, uncountable)

Plural shrubs

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Already she was acquainted with every tree and shrub about the place.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 62 · C1

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