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scrubby

[skruhb-ee] / ˈskrʌb i /


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Scrubby mountains dotted with fir and pine loomed before me.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Scrubby tundra basked in the Sun's rays on the island's northwest highlands.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

Scrubby two-lane roads once clogged with heavy-duty vehicles were almost empty.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2016

The National Trust has published a list of the UK's top 10 "silly walks" to such colourfully-named locations as Scrubby Bottoms, Pembrokeshire, Booby's Bay, Cornwall and Windy Gap in Surrey.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2011

Scrubby trees stood out from gravel banks, and beneath them, here and there, were the red-flushed, spawned-out bodies of salmon, insects happy around them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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