Usually means: Sparse vegetation, dry, often arid.
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  1. scrubland: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scrubland: Merriam-Webster
  3. scrubland: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scrubland: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scrubland: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scrubland: Vocabulary.com
  7. scrubland: Wordnik
  8. scrubland: Wiktionary
  9. scrubland: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scrubland: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scrubland: Dictionary.com
  12. Scrubland: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. scrubland: Rhymezone
  14. scrubland: FreeDictionary.org
  15. scrubland: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. scrubland: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, consisting of low shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

Similar:
scrub, shrubland, brush, shrubbery, scrub gun, scabland, bushveld, heathland, brigalow scrub, scrubstone, more...

Opposite:
forest, woodland, meadow, grassland, plain

Types:
chaparral, matorral, fynbos, maquis, prairie, more...

Adjectives:
dry, open, arid, flat, barren, low, dense, mediterranean, rocky, rough, thorny

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Similar:
scrub, shrubland, brush, shrubbery, scrub gun, scabland, bushveld, heathland, brigalow scrub, scrubstone, more...

Opposite:
forest, woodland, meadow, grassland, plain

Types:
chaparral, matorral, fynbos, maquis, prairie, more...

Adjectives:
dry, open, arid, flat, barren, low, dense, mediterranean, rocky, rough, thorny



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