shrubbery

[ shruhb-uh-ree ]

/ ˈʃrʌb ə ri /

a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery.

shrubs collectively.

Origin of shrubbery

First recorded in 1740–50; shrub¹ + -ery

It sits on a modest plot overgrown with wild grasses and shrubbery.

Gosta Peterson's Bohemian Rhapsody: Unpacking a Photographer's '60s Secrets |Lizzie Crocker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Then I was conducted to the boilers, a row of ten, sunk underground in the solid rock, below the level of the shrubbery.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White
Great valleys opened out, dotted with mimosa patches and baobab, and half a hundred varieties of shrubbery.

Haviland's Chum |Bertram Mitford
Lyman tossed him a piece of money; he caught it up and with a shout he disappeared in the shrubbery.

Old Ebenezer |Opie Read

On each side, almost down to the bridge itself, extended trees and shrubbery that afforded excellent hiding places.

The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice |Allen Chapman
Then they watched, and watched, until Lady Bassett and the young clergyman came out and strolled together into the shrubbery.

A Terrible Temptation |Charles Reade

shrubbery

/ (ˈʃrʌbərɪ) /

a place where a number of shrubs are planted

shrubs collectively