different between shrub vs iboga

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: shr?b, IPA^(key): /???b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *s?rob (in placenames) and s?rybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).

Noun

shrub (plural shrubs)

1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Synonyms

• bush (plant)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shrub (third-person singular simple present shrubs, present participle shrubbing, simple past and past participle shrubbed)

1. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Anderson (1573) to this entry?)

2. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

   For example, /???b/ ? /s??b/

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (šir?b, “a drink, beverage”), ??????? (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet

Noun

shrub (countable and uncountable, plural shrubs)

1. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brush, bruhs, brush, burhs

English

Etymology

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Noun

iboga (uncountable)

1. Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.
   • 1985, Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs, page 41,

     The powdered bark (especially the root bark) of the iboga shrub is consumed by the natives of Gabon and part of the Congo in the initiation rites of a number of secret societies.

   • 2004, Chris D. Meletis, Jason E. Barker, Herbs and Nutrients for the Mind: A Guide to Natural Brain Enhancers, page 15,

     Native to Africa, Iboga has been used ceremonially as a hallucinogen. A powerful medicinal plant, Iboga has several pharmacological effects that have led it to be employed in the use of breaking addictive cycles, including tobacco and alcohol addiction.

   • 2009, Marlene Dobkin de Rios, The Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios, page 85,

     Under the influence of iboga, the Bwiti initiates are able to communicate directly with an assembly of dead ones—a chain of ancestors.

     The initiate falls to the ground in a stupor after drinking the iboga brew.

Derived terms

• ibogaine

Translations

References

• Tabernanthe iboga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tabernanthe iboga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Portuguese

Noun

iboga f (plural ibogas)

1. iboga (Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub)