Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area of land that is uncultivated and covered with sparse stunted vegetation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, consisting of low
shrubs , mixed withgrasses ,herbs , andgeophytes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word scrubland.
Examples
-
The West Texas scrubland is gorgeous, though it’s hard to imagine anyone surviving for long among the gravelly soil and stunted shrubs.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008
-
The West Texas scrubland is gorgeous, though it’s hard to imagine anyone surviving for long among the gravelly soil and stunted shrubs.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008
-
Mr Rosewall, 28, was last seen wearing business-style shoes, despite the 40-degree heat and barren scrubland, which is described as treacherous because of its remoteness and the number of open mines in the area.
-
Mr Rosewall, 28, was last seen wearing business-style shoes, despite the 40-degree heat and barren scrubland, which is described as treacherous because of its remoteness and the number of open mines in the area.
-
Pull back, long shot on the scrubland in the moonlight.
-
The precedents set in these cases will, as a practical matter, apply almost exclusively in a swatch of Cuban scrubland ten miles square.
-
ODN cables snaked across a field of shattered metal, with collections of optronic circuits dotted like bushes in the scrubland.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
-
The precedents set in these cases will, as a practical matter, apply almost exclusively in a swatch of Cuban scrubland ten miles square.
-
ODN cables snaked across a field of shattered metal, with collections of optronic circuits dotted like bushes in the scrubland.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
-
Barely two generations ago, many considered this 1,000-mile swath of low-lying trees and scrubland good only for raising cattle.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.