scrog

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

scrog (plural scrogs)

  1. A stunted or shrivelled bush
  2. (heraldry) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a blazon in Scotland
  3. (Scotland) The crab-apple tree
  4. (dialectal) A blackthorn
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