The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BUSH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Shrub crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BUSH | 18 % | 4 |
| ALDER | 18 % | 5 |
| GORSE | 18 % | 5 |
| YEW | 9 % | 3 |
| IVA | 9 % | 3 |
| SUMAC | 9 % | 5 |
| ELDER | 9 % | 5 |
| SENNA | 9 % | 5 |
Why may BUSH be the right solution?
The answer to "Shrub" is "BUSH" because a bush is a low-growing woody plant with multiple stems.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrub
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bush
- vegetation
- tree
- thicket
- evergreen
- shrubbery
- scandent
- carr
- brush
- scrub
- bushes
- shrubby
Crossword Answer definitions
BUSH noun- A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
- A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- The tail, or brush, of a fox.
- To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
- To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
- A tavern or wine merchant.
- (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
- A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
- Towards the direction of the outback.
- Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
- Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
- A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
- A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
- A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- To furnish with a bush or lining.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BUSH
- November 7 victor
- With 13 Down, winning ticket in 1988
- ___-league (inferior)
- 2000 presidential hopeful
- 2000 Presidential candidate
- Dukakis defeater
- Cheney's boss
- Clinton preceder or follower
- League leader?
- Type of league
More clues leading to the result ALDER
- Birch relative
- Temperate shrub
- Cousin of the birch
- Nobel winning chemist (1950)
- Electric guitar wood
- Material used in Fender electric guitars
- Northern tree
- Birch family member
- Tree with catkins
- Catkin source
More clues leading to the result GORSE
- Furze
- Prickly shrub
- Shrub
- Spiny shrub
- Prickly evergreen
- Deep rough on British golf courses
- Moor shrub
- Spiny wasteland shrub
- Spiny European shrub
- Spiny shrub of Europe
More clues leading to the result YEW
- Poisonous evergreen
- Archery-bow wood
- Archer's bow wood
- Bow wood
- Elastic wood
- Hedge tree
- Tree with bendy wood
- Evergreen
- Berried evergreen
- Flexible wood
More clues leading to the result IVA
- ___ Toguri, aka "Tokyo Rose"
- 1997 French Open titlist Majoli
- Marsh elder
- ___ Toguri (Tokyo Rose)
- Shrub genus
- Sam Spade's admirer
- __ Toguri (Tokyo Rose)
- Bugle plant.
- The herb, eve.
- Herb eve.
More clues leading to the result SUMAC
- Poison ___
- Singer Yma
- Itch-producing plant
- Rash producer
- Cashew cousin
- Drupe tree
- Poison plant
- Poison ivy relative
- Lacquer source
- Shrub that can cause dermatitis
More clues leading to the result ELDER
- Church official
- Kind of statesman
- Senior
- Church VIP
- Church leader
- Of superior rank
- Official in the church
- Like one who came out first
- Someone to respect
- Tribal leader