shinnery

[ shin-uh-ree ]

nounSouthwestern U.S.
  1. a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.

Origin of shinnery

1
1900–05, Americanism;<Louisiana French chênièrechenier (perhaps directly < a by-form *chênerie)

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