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Meaning of SCRUBBY

Pronunciation:  'skrubee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
  2. [adj]  sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods"
 
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 Synonyms: inferior, scrabbly, scrawny, stunted, wooded
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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