"shrubful" meaning in All languages combined

See shrubful on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shrubsful [plural]
Etymology: From shrub + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrub|ful|pos=noun}} shrub + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|shrubsful}} shrubful (plural shrubsful)
  1. An amount held in a shrub.

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