Careful Words

shrub (n.)

  • alder
  • azalea
  • bayberry
  • blackberry
  • blackthorn
  • box
  • bramble
  • brier
  • broom
  • bush
  • caper
  • cinchona
  • coca
  • coffee
  • cranberry
  • currant
  • daphne
  • elder
  • forsythia
  • frangipani
  • fuchsia
  • furze
  • gardenia
  • gooseberry
  • gorse
  • greasewood
  • guava
  • haw
  • heather
  • henna
  • hibiscus
  • holly
  • huckleberry
  • hydrangea
  • indigo
  • juniper
  • jute
  • laurel
  • leatherleaf
  • lilac
  • magnolia
  • manzanita
  • myrtle
  • oleander
  • photinia
  • privet
  • rhododendron
  • rosebay
  • rosemary
  • sage
  • sagebrush
  • scrub
  • shrubbery
  • sisal
  • snowberry
  • spiraea
  • sumac
  • syringa
  • tamarisk
  • veronica

She what was honour knew,

And with obsequious majesty approv'd

My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower

I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven

And happy constellations on that hour

Shed their selectest influence; the earth

Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill;

Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs

Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings

Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 508.