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scrub

27 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) scrub (noun)
  2. 2) scrub (verb)
  3. 3) scrub (noun)
  4. scrub birch (noun)
  5. scrub brush (noun)
  6. scrub chestnut oak (noun)
  7. scrub fowl (noun)
  8. scrub jay (noun)
  9. scrub kangaroo (noun)
  10. scrub nurse (noun)
  11. scrub oak (noun)
  12. scrub palmetto (noun)
  13. scrub pine (noun)
  14. scrub plane (noun)
  15. scrub robin (noun)
  16. scrub sandalwood (noun)
  17. scrub tick (noun)
  18. scrub turkey (noun)
  19. scrub typhus (noun)
  20. scrub-up (noun)
  21. scrub vine (noun)
  22. scrub wallaby (noun)
  23. scrub wren (noun)
  24. black scrub oak (noun)
  25. California scrub oak (noun)
  26. tea scrub (noun)
  27. mulga (noun)

1scrub

noun, often attributive \ˈskrəb\

Definition of SCRUB

1
a : a stunted tree or shrub b : vegetation consisting chiefly of scrubs c : a tract covered with scrub
2
: a domestic animal of mixed or unknown parentage and usually inferior conformation : mongrel
3
: a person of insignificant size or standing
4
: a player not belonging to the first string

Origin of SCRUB

Middle English, alteration of schrobbe, schrubbe shrub — more at shrub
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SCRUB

bub, blub, chub, club, cub, drub, dub, flub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, schlub, shrub, slub, snub, stub, sub, tub

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