scrubland
land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
Origin of scrubland
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How to use scrubland in a sentence
Scientists discovered it living beneath semi-arid scrubland in Western Australia.
Scientists discover the first true millipede | Jonathan Lambert | January 5, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe first millipede that lives up to its name uses its 1,306 little legs to tunnel through soil deep beneath the semi-arid scrubland of Western Australia, researchers report December 16 in Scientific Reports.
A 1,306-legged millipede is the first to live up to its name | Jonathan Lambert | December 21, 2021 | Science NewsThere, just behind the H-E-B Supermarket, on flat reclaimed scrubland between a lake named Vadia Ancha and the Brownsville Ship Channel, a company called Texas LNG wants to build a big new export terminal.
Engineers raise alarms over the risk of major explosions at LNG plants | Will Englund | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostAll that day we continued through the prairies, with here and there a belt of scrubland to cut across the vision.
Neighbours | Robert SteadThis female, taken in a bird net in a grass-scrubland association, was coming into breeding condition.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. Thompson
A freight train dragged southward in the twilight, wending its way through pine forest and scrubland.
Collectivum | Mike LewisThe specimen was taken along the Apas River in scrubland near the river.
Birds from North Borneo | Max C. Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for scrubland
/ (ˈskrʌbˌlænd) /
an area of scrub vegetation
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