Clues for the word "SHRUB"
We've had 101 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 195 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on December 10, 2025.
Definition of shrub
- n. - A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
- n. - A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
- v. t. - To lop; to prune.
Referring Clues
- Hydrangea, e.g.
- Bush
- Yard adornment
- Hedge former
- Fuchsia, e.g.
- Sagebrush or mistletoe
- Foundation plant
- Poison oak, e.g.
- Woody perennial plant
- Low garden grower
- Hedgerow plant
- Huckleberry, e.g.
- Bush, e.g.
- Landscape feature
- Hedge component
- Bushy yard plant
- Azalea, for one
- Witch hazel, for one
- Landscaper's purchase
- Yard plant
- Hedge plant
- Hedge unit
- Arboretum item
- Fancy brush?
- Bushy plant
- Topiary item
- Topiarist's canvas
- Landscaper's planting
- Forsythia or azalea
- Backyard planting
- Presidential nickname coined by Molly Ivins
- Ornamental plant
- Privet, e.g.
- Lilac or fuchsia
- Decorative growth
- Hydrangea or huckleberry
- Part of a hedge
- Tree's smaller cousin
- Arboretum growth
- Decorative foundation plant
- Garden adornment
- Prunable plant
- Landscaper's item
- Lilac, for one
- Bush - or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter
- Small tree
- Bush relative
- Bush, to detractors
- Plant - brush (anag)
- Brush-making plant?
- Small woody tree
- That straggly bush right in the middle?
- Quiet caress in the garden?
- Small woody plant
- Maybe broom to brush off
- Low woody plant
- Bush mad? That's about right!
- Brush (anag)
- Plant an hour in advance
- Brush around the garden feature
- Lavender or lilac
- Myrtle or mock orange
- "___: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush" (Molly Ivins book)
- Drink absinthe, perhaps
- Bush right into himself, possibly
- Brush around the plant
- Drink of rum, fruit juice and spices
- Brush? (anagr.)
- Plant in under an hour
- Low woody perennial type of plant
- Odd-looking brush plant
- Plant has time in reserve
- Perhaps Bush shredded his letters about the end of the USSR
- Plant
- Be quiet and massage with a twiggy thing
- Yard greenery
- Chaparral plant
- Arboretum specimen
- Bit of greenery
- Nature trail specimen
- It grows wild in Ashburton
- Forsythia, e.g.
- Woody plant
- Bit of landscaping greenery
- Bramble, for one
- Tree's smaller relative
- Topiary plant
- Nursery buy
- Azalea, e.g.
- Landscaping plant
- Brush-making plant?
- That straggly bush right in the middle?
- Butterfly bush, for example
- Part of a natural border, maybe
- Chaparral growth
- Straggly bush you can see right inside?
- Topiary target
- Forsythia, for one
- Apt anagram for "brush"
- Hedge element
- It might be living on the edge
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - December 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 08, 2025
- New York Times - September 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2025
- New York Times - May 30, 2025
- LA Times - May 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 05, 2025
- New York Times - April 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 21, 2024
- USA Today - December 07, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 15, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 10, 2024
- New York Times - August 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 10, 2024
- Daily American - May 19, 2024
- And in 165 more crossword puzzles...