The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALDER , but the solution may also be BUSH which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Shrub crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALDER | 18 % | 5 |
| GORSE | 18 % | 5 |
| BUSH | 18 % | 4 |
| ELDER | 9 % | 5 |
| SENNA | 9 % | 5 |
| YEW | 9 % | 3 |
| IVA | 9 % | 3 |
| SUMAC | 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
ALDER noun- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
- An alderman or alderwoman.
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 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 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 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
More clues leading to the result SENNA
- Cathartic plant
- Medicinal herb
- Type of tea
- Cathartic-yielding plant
- Cassia plant
- Medicinal plant
- Drug-yielding plant
- _Cassia_ plant
- ___ pods (herbal remedies)
- Cassia family plant
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.