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scrubby

UK/ˈskɹʌbi/ US/ˈskrʌbi/ uncommon informal

adjective

1.

sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush

  • “open scrubby woods”
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2.

inferior in size or quality

  • “scrawny cattle”
  • “scrubby cut-over pine”
  • “old stunted thorn trees”
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Origin

From scrub + -y.

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