shrub
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
- verbTo lop; to prune.
- nounA 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.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,429 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 31% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None