scrubland

[ skruhb-land ]
/ ˈskrʌbˌlænd /

noun

land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.

Origin of scrubland

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; scrub2 + -land

Words nearby scrubland

Example sentences from the Web for scrubland

  • The specimen was taken along the Apas River in scrubland near the river.

    Birds from North Borneo |Max C. Thompson
  • A freight train dragged southward in the twilight, wending its way through pine forest and scrubland.

    Collectivum |Mike Lewis
  • All that day we continued through the prairies, with here and there a belt of scrubland to cut across the vision.

    Neighbours |Robert Stead

British Dictionary definitions for scrubland

scrubland
/ (ˈskrʌbˌlænd) /

noun

an area of scrub vegetation