bushland.

Land covered with native shrubs or relatively open woodland, especially in Australian usage.

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Words that belong together

• native bushland
• remnant bushland

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Remnant bushland surrounded the town's outer streets.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.