scrub
noun [U] (PLANTS) /skrʌb/Definition
› (an area of land covered with) short trees and bushes, growing on dry ground of low qualityDeserts, prairies and wildernesses scrubby /ˈskrʌb.i/ adjective › covered with short trees and bushes: scrubby vegetationScarce, inadequate and not enoughLacking things
(Definition of scrub noun (PLANTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- badlands noun
- common noun (LAND)
- desert noun
- dust bowl noun
- grassland noun
- heath noun
- heathland noun
- meadow noun
- moor noun
- mulga noun
- plain noun (LAND)
- steppe noun
- the outback noun
- tundra noun
- undeveloped adjective
- virgin adjective (NATURAL)
- wadi noun
- waste noun (EMPTY GROUND)
- wild adjective (NATURAL)
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