grubbiaceæ

pl. [Mod. Lat.grubbi (a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ.] Bot.: The name given in 1841 by Endlicher to an order of epigynous exogens, included by Lindley in Bruniacere (q. v.). grub-bing, pr. par., a. & s. [GRUB. v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or operation of digging or rooting up stumps, roots, . grubbing-ax, s . An implement having a curved bit presented at right angles to the helve, like an adze, and another bit presented in the line of the helve, like an ax; a mattock.