shrub
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- noun
- /ʃrʌb/
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bebida de frutas con vinagre
- After a week in the fridge, the homemade raspberry shrub was ready to be enjoyed over ice.
- shrub with vinegar
Examples
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What was so horrifying on Election night 1980, and again in 2004, was not so much the realization that Ronald Reagan was going to be president, or that we were going to have to endure 4 more years of Shrub.
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And I care and cared (I protested at the Denver Capitol and in front of Bush/Shrub) about going to war in a country with no WMD!
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But the Aphrodite Sweet Shrub is just it.
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And this next one right here, the Aphrodite sweet shrub or Kelly Canthus.
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The clever gardener begins by filling up the space with some soil and then planting whatever flower or shrub he believes will fit the theme.
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It was introduced into the Western Hemisphere in the 1700s, when the French brought the shrub to its island colonies in the Caribbean.
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Pomegranates, cranberry shrub and lemongrass lightly sparkling.
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To make a refreshing drink, mix your favorite fruit with sugar and vinegar to create a shrub.
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The bartender added a splash of peach shrub to the cocktail for a unique flavor.
Synonyms
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A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar
Compounds
Tropical shrub with yellow flowers whose juice treats skin rashes and insect bites
An evergreen shrub or small tree with leaves that have red and yellow patches and small black fruits
- Specialized
A tough bush from the southeast United States with wood that smells like cloves and reddish brown fragrant flowers
- Specialized
A group of shrubs and small trees with sweet-smelling bark and flowers
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Etymology
Shrub (the drink) comes from an old word like sharab meaning 'a drink' and is related to familiar words like sherbet and syrup. So a shrub now means a sweet, vinegar-based syrup you can mix into a refreshing drink or cocktail.