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scrubland

noun

Definition of scrubland

as in forest

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Recent Examples of scrubland Much of the area burned in Gironde is made up of pine forests and scrubland, which grew uncontrollably this year under successive heat waves. — CBS News, 29 July 2026 Railroad tracks took the place of the river; ranches, live oaks and Spanish moss replaced California’s mountains and open scrubland. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2026 The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 June 2026 Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland. — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for scrubland

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Set in a courtyard deep within the forest, Oaken and his family will invite guests to dine together while enjoying the musical stylings of his cousins.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
In contrast to the busy and sometimes urbanized pilgrimage routes of Europe, or the crowded processions of the Hajj, the ancient path runs mostly through quiet forests.

— Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of forest

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The project was on the side of a scrubby hill that looked nothing like the steep timber and chaparral where California’s destructive fires burn and the insurance market has fled.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Stepping on stems is attention-getting, but the result is a wine that echoes the chaparral of the hillsides surrounding the vineyard.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Definition of chaparral

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Wartime tunnels and bunkers Before 1965, Vịnh Mốc was a tranquil fishing village in central Vietnam, with a lush landscape of rice paddies, bamboo thickets and golden beaches.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
These sucker shoots can quickly form a thicket of stems that are unsightly, inherently weak, and prone to storm damage if allowed to mature.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of thicket

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Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of brushwood

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Hikers will uncover Romanesque ruins, ancient forests, crumbling monasteries, and orange groves along their way.

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
The glamping cabins are hidden among the trees in a cedar grove, and each comes with a kitchenette and indoor and outdoor fireplaces.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of grove

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In 2014, biologists credited his career by naming a new species of woodland gnat—Megophthalmidia mckibbeni–in his honor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
But wildfires have burned several of these areas in recent years, including dense woodlands near Covington Flats and Black Rock Campground.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of woodland

Noun

The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

— Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020

Definition of coppice

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