native bush
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Setting and checking traps, replanting native bush, checking corflute for teeth marks and the ground for scat—it’s muddy and exhausting work, and the road to a predator-free 2050 is long.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
Houses perch above the city and harbor among native bush on steep hillsides.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Contractors preparing the tracks over the winter season say they’ve barely finished clearing the native bush of human faeces and toilet paper in time for the next deluge of hiking boots about to descend.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2018
It is being advertised as "a remarkable seven-hectare utopia" with "three modest buildings dotted amidst the mature native bush".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2016
The former is like the rose in wax without odor—the latter like the rose upon its native bush perfuming the atmosphere with the rich odors distilled from the dew of heaven.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
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