subshrub

Other forms of subshrub

plural

subshrubs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subshrub

What does subshrub mean?

subshrub means "low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base".

How many syllables are in subshrub?

subshrub has 2 syllables: sub-shrub. The stress falls on "sub".

What is another word for subshrub?

Close synonyms include suffrutex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subshrub a common word?

subshrub is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.