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Definition of Scrubby

1. Adjective. Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush. "Open scrubby woods"

2. Adjective. Inferior in size or quality. "Old stunted thorn trees"

Definition of Scrubby

1. a. Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.

Definition of Scrubby

1. Adjective. Covered with or consisting of scrub. ¹

2. Adjective. Inferior in size or quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrubby

1. inferior in size or quality [adj -BIER, -BIEST]

Medical Definition of Scrubby

1. Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Origin: Scrubbier; Scrubbiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrubby

scrub wallaby scrubbable scrubbed scrubbers scrubbier scrubbiest scrubbily scrubbiness scrubbing scrubbing brush

scrubbings scrubbird scrubboard scrubboards scrubby (current term) scrubeenie scrubland scrublands scrubs scrubstone

scrubwoman scrubwomen scrubwren scrubwrens scruff scruffbucket scruffbuckets scruffier scruffiest

Literary usage of Scrubby

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1850)
"Another description is called the scrubby oak —it resembles the British gnarled oak, and is remarkably hard and durable. The birch* tribe is very numerous: ..."

2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"The white oak is the best found in the Canadian settlements, and is in high repute; another description is called the scrubby oak — it resembles the British ..."

3. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Above this, old and more recent lava flows cover the ground, which is either bare or covered with a scrubby vegetation such as just described. ..."

4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Above this, old and more recent lava flows cover the ground, which is either bare or covered with a scrubby vegetation such as just described. ..."

5. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"Views round into rocky and scrubby regions.—Native cross, and springes for emus.—Mounts Lake and Murchison—Murchison river.—Advanced to within fifty miles ..."

6. Sessional Papersby Canada Parliament by Canada Parliament (1890)
"scrubby prairie with a first class soil of loam, and in most cases a clay subsoil. ... Tp. 24, E. 21, is probably half woods and half scrubby prairie, ..."

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