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scrog

/skɹɒɡ/ UK
/skɹɑɡ/ US

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

noun scrogs · scroag

countable, uncountable A stunted or shrivelled bush.
countable, uncountable Brushwood.
countable The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry. 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.
Scotland, countable The crab-apple tree.
countable, dialectal, uncountable A blackthorn.

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@misc{scrog_2026,
  title = {scrog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}