shrubland.

Land where shrubs form most of the vegetation.

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Words that belong together

• dry shrubland
• coastal shrubland

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The woodland thinned into open shrubland above the valley.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular shrubland; plural shrublands. 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. Commonness: moderately common.