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noun
- A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
- A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Translations: - French: arbuste , maquis
- German: Busch
- Italian: arbusto
- Spanish: mata
(trans-mid)
Etymology:
- (Woody plant) From schrob, Anglo Saxon scrob or scrobb Akin to Norwegian skrubba the dwarf cornel tree
- (Liquor) From shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, (shariba) to drink Comparable to Sirup, Sherbet
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