native bush
noun
NZ indigenous forest
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How to use native bush in a sentence
The coffee was evidently ground from the berry of some native bush, and its taste in no way resembled the real.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltAnd then there was the wattle, a native bush or tree, an inspiring cloud of sumptuous yellow bloom.
Following the Equator, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)A deep fringe of tree-ferns and underwood, backed by a dense forest of native bush, skirts its north and northeast shores.
An Old New Zealander | T. Lindsay BuickUnder cover of his native bush he could harry the retreating whites from day to day.
The Triumph of Hilary Blachland | Bertram Mitford
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