scrubby
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i adjective, scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est.
1.
low or stunted, as trees.
2.
consisting of or covered with scrub, stunted trees, etc.
3.
undersized or inferior, as animals.
4.
wretched; shabby.
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| —adj , -bier, -biest | |
| 1. | covered with or consisting of scrub |
| 2. | (of trees or vegetation) stunted in growth |
| 3. | informal (Brit) messy |
| 'scrubbiness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Found in mature and second-growth forests, especially those composed of immature or scrubby trees.
On the horizon to the east are low mountains covered with scrubby greenery that blooms yellow in the spring.
Check amongst the scrubby hedgerows for white-throated sparrows and northern cardinals.
Image shows a scrubby plain in the foreground, with a horse in the distance, and a chain of mountains in the far distance.
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