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Search phrase: shrub

Plays

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Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.156To shrink mine arm up like a withered shrub;To shrinke mine Arme vp like a wither'd Shrub,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.ii.15And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind.And kept low Shrubs from Winters pow'rfull Winde.
The TempestTem II.ii.18Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear offHere's neither bush, nor shrub to beare off
The TempestTem IV.i.81My bosky acres and my unshrubbed down,My boskie acres, and my vnshrubd downe,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.46Marcus, we are but shrubs, no cedars we,Marcus we are but shrubs, no Cedars we,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.664 The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot, The Cedar stoopes not to the base shrubs foote,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.665 But low shrubs wither at the cedar's root. But low-shrubs wither at the Cedars roote.

Glossary

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box-treetype of ornamental thick shrub
broom-grovegrove of broom [a yellow-flowered shrub]
buskybosky, bushy, shrub-covered
furzespiny shrub, gorse
gossgorse, spiny shrub
herbaromatic shrub, associated with repentance
rosemaryaromatic shrub, associated with remembering
ruearomatic shrub, associated with repentance, pity
sennavariety of shrub [producing a drug which can cause vomiting and bowel evacuation]
unshrubbedbare, empty, treeless

Thesaurus

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pity [shrub]rue
shrub [for bowel evacuation]senna
shrub, aromaticherb
shrub, aromaticrosemary
shrub, aromaticrue
shrub, ornamental thick box-tree
shrub, spinygoss
shrub, spinyfurze
shrub, yellow-floweredbroom-grove
shrub-coveredbusky

Themes and Topics

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Plants...ases where the names of flowers herbs shrubs and other plants are the same as in m...
...tae rosmarinus officinalis aromatic shrub associated with ‘remembrance’ funeral...
...arjoram of the sallet’ trees and shrubs item example identity ...
...26 caprifoliaceae sambucus nigra shrub or small tree with elaborate growth kn...
... araliaceae hedera helix climbing shrub associated with concealment l...
... rutaceae ruta graveolens aromatic shrub leaves often used medicinally associa...
... mac v iii 55 leguminosae cassia shrub with purgative medicinal properties ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHRUBBASICshrub n
SHRUBNOTunshrubbed adj
UNSHRUBBEDBASICsee SHRUB

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