English Explanatory Dictionary

scrog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stunted or shrivelled bush.
  2. Brushwood.
  3. The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.
  4. The crab-apple tree.
  5. A blackthorn.

Pronunciation

/skɹɒɡ/ /skɹɑɡ/

Word forms

scrog scrogs scroag

Etymology

Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).

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