scrubby

🇺🇸 /ˈskrʌbi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈskrʌbi/
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adjective
R

An area with lots of small bushes and not many big trees.

We hiked through the scrubby terrain, where only small plants could grow.

R

Small and not fully grown, like a young plant or a person who is not very tall.

The scrubby little tree was struggling to reach the sunlight.

translation

adj. An area with lots of small bushes and not many big trees.; Small and not fully grown, like a young plant or a person who is not very tall.

Word Forms

Comparative scrubbier
Superlative scrubbiest