Dwarf n.; pl. Dwarfs
 1. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind.
 Note: ☞ During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility.
 Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, a dwarf pear tree; dwarf honeysuckle.
 Dwarf elder Bot., danewort.
 Dwarf wall Arch., a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence.