What is another word for shrubbery?

Pronunciation: [ʃɹˈʌbəɹi] (IPA)

Shrubbery is a term used to refer to a collection of small to medium-sized plants that are typically grown for ornamental or landscaping purposes. However, there are several synonyms for this term that can be used interchangeably, such as bushes, foliage, greenery, plants, or vegetation. Each of these synonyms highlights a slightly different aspect of shrubbery, with bushes emphasizing their compactness, foliage emphasizing their leaves, greenery emphasizing their color, plants emphasizing their botanical classification, and vegetation emphasizing their role in the environment. Regardless of which term is used, however, all convey a sense of natural beauty and the importance of plant life in our surroundings.

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, singular or mass
      shrub.

What are the hypernyms for Shrubbery?

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What are the hyponyms for Shrubbery?

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What are the meronyms for Shrubbery?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
  • meronyms for shrubbery (as nouns)

Usage examples for Shrubbery

The Palace of Rosenborg with its superb gardens, noble avenues of chestnut trees, and graceful shrubbery is situated near the present centre of the city.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Then he felt a little thrill, for some twenty or thirty feet beneath him was a patch of something white in the shadow of the shrubbery.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
She ran into the shrubbery, and stood there thinking for a time.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade

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