Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrubby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrubby \Scrub"by\, a. [Compar. {Scrubbier}; superl.
{Scrubbiest}.]
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth;
as, a scrubby cur. ``Dense, scrubby woods.'' --Duke of
Argull.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scrubby
adj 1: sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and
underbrush; "open scrubby woods" [syn: {scrabbly}]
2: inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby
cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: {scrawny},
{stunted}]
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