shrub layer

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby shrub layer

Shrove Tuesday, shrub, shrubbery, shrubby, shrubby cinquefoil, shrub layer, shrug, shrug off, shrug one's shoulders, shrunk, shrunken

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Example sentences from the Web for shrub layer

Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
Diving Into 2015 With Polar Bear Plunge Extremists|James Joiner|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When summer comes, adult beetles attack and larva feed in the cambium layer, girdling the trees and sealing their doom.
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After maybe an hour, the firefighters had cut through the last layer of a 4- by 8-foot area.
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These words take on a dark layer of irony given the charges facing her.
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With each successive layer of networks, the U.S. became more potent.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was supposed by many on its discovery to grow like the engraving given—in form resembling a tree or shrub rather than an herb.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The upper surfaces of the boilers were covered with a layer of ashes for the same purpose.
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Almost any other kind of shrub'd have died long ago, neglected as things have been, but you can't kill a currant bush.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
By the repetition of this process, a layer of several feet in thickness, of an excellent soil, is accumulated on the surface.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

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