scrog

noun /skɹɒɡ/

1. A stunted or shrivelled bush.

   countable, uncountable

2. Brushwood.

   countable, uncountable

3. The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.

   countable

   Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans heart in base argent.

4. The crab-apple tree.

   countable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scrog (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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