scrub.

Low trees and shrubs, often growing densely on rough or relatively poor ground.

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Words that belong together

• thorny scrub
• coastal scrub
• dense scrub

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Scrub covered the slope above the beach.

The rabbit disappeared into the thorny scrub.

Only the tallest rocks rose above the scrub.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Vegetation rather than a settlement type; can also describe the land covered by it. Cleaning is a separate sense. Usually mass or collective; scrubs for distinct tracts or vegetation types.