scrog
English
Alternative forms
- scroag
Etymology
Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Noun
scrog (plural scrogs)
- A stunted or shrivelled bush
- (heraldry) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a blazon in Scotland
- (Scotland) The crab-apple tree
- (dialectal) A blackthorn