scrubby

Adjective
Synonyms: scrabblyscrawnystunted

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush“open scrubby woods”Synonyms: scrabbly
  2. inferior in size or quality“scrawny cattle”“scrubby cut-over pine”“old stunted thorn trees”Synonyms: scrawnystunted
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scrubby \Scrub"by\ (skr[u^]b"b[y^]), a. [Compar. Scrubbier (skr[u^]b"b[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Scrubbiest.] Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." --Duke of Argyll. [1913 Webster]
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