shrub

  1. Noun.  A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
  2. Noun.  A 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.

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