Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHRUB
SHRUB, n.2 [Ar. شُرْبٌ shurbon, drink, and from the same source, sirup. The Arabic verb signifies to drink, to imbibe, whence L. sorbeo. See Sherbet and Absorb.]
A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirit to preserve it: usually the acid of lemons.
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