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scrubby

Other forms: scrubbiest; scrubbily; scrubbier

Definitions of scrubby
  1. adjective
    sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
    “open scrubby woods”
    synonyms: scrabbly
    wooded
    covered with growing trees and bushes etc
  2. adjective
    inferior in size or quality
    scrubby cut-over pine”
    synonyms: scrawny, stunted
    inferior
    of low or inferior quality
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