rum shrub — noun A liqueur of rum, sugar, lime or lemon juice, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑rum … Useful english dictionary
rum-shrub — see rum n.1 … Useful english dictionary
Rum — Rum, n. [probably shortened from Prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rum bud — Rum Rum, n. [probably shortened from Prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrub — shrub1 [shrub] n. [Early ME schrubbe < OE scrybb, brushwood, akin to SCRUB1, Dan skrubbe] a low, woody plant with several permanent stems instead of a single trunk; bush shrublike adj. shrub2 [shrub] n. [Ar sharāb, a drink: see SYRUP] … English World dictionary
shrub´like´ — shrub1 «shruhb», noun. a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with many separate stems starting from or near the ground; bush. Shrubs are perennial plants. A lilac bush is a shrub. Rhododendrons, viburnums, and the box are shrubs. »Shrubs are … Useful english dictionary
shrub — noun /ʃɻʌb/ a) A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base. b) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vine … Wiktionary
shrub — shrub1 noun a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground. Derivatives shrubby adjective Origin OE scrubb, scrybb shrubbery ; cf. scrub2. shrub2 noun 1》 a drink made of sweetened fruit juice… … English new terms dictionary
shrub — 1. n. a woody plant smaller than a tree and having a very short stem with branches near the ground. Derivatives: shrubby adj. Etymology: ME f. OE scrubb, scrybb shrubbery: cf. NFris. skrobb brushwood, WFlem. schrobbe vetch, Norw. skrubba dwarf… … Useful english dictionary
Cherry rum — Cherry Cher ry (ch[e^]r r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso s, perh. fr. ke ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
