English → Latin
“shrub” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shrub
A low tree, frutex. A little shrub, frutex pusillus.
A kind of liquor, by circumlocution with potus, -ūs (e.g., *potus saccharo et vino Indico conditus, or retain the word for sake of perspicuity).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shrub?
- The usual Latin words for “shrub” are frutex, pōtō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.