A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
"During the summer mixer party, she served an old-fashioned lemon shrub that tasted tangy and sweet without any alcohol."
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
To lop; to prune.
"The gardener used his shears to trim back the overgrown branches of the old oak tree before winter arrived."
Former U.S. president George W. Bush.
"The former U.S. president George W. Bush announced his new energy plan at a rally in Texas."