Scrub and Shrub

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00 The floor was so stained that I had to 01u00scrub02u00 it thoroughly to get it clean.02br
00 We planted several 01u00shrubs02u00 near the front door to replace the rose bushes that died in last year's frost.02br
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10Can anyone tell me the difference between "scrub" and "shrub"? Thank you.12br
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10Scrub = 01b00noun02b00 01b00102b00 vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth. 01b

0 "Shrub" is a very common word used to describe bushes that people might plant in their yards. "Scrub," as a noun, is rather unusual, describing, as Feebs says, certain stunted varieties of trees -- I think I may have heard of "scrub oak," but I would have thought "scrub" was an advective in that sense anyway. And, as Jim indicated, the completely unrelated verb "scrub" is what most people wo

0A shrub is an individual plant.02br
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00Scrub is used more to collectively describe the plants in a rough area of land.0-

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01cite10CalifJim12cite10Did you lose your dictionary? 15012br
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10The floor was so stained that I had to 11u10scrub12u10 it thoroughly to get it clean.12br
10We planted several 11u10shrubs12u10 near the front door to replace the rose bushes that died in

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