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brigalow scrub

brigalow scrub noun: an area thickly covered in brigalow, especially used of arid parts of eastern Australia.

Noun

brigalow scrub (uncountable)

  1. (Australia) An area thickly covered in brigalow, especially used of arid parts of eastern Australia.
    • They reached […] a clearing in the brigalow scrub twenty kilometres beyond the mine entrance at the end of a fresh bulldozer scrape.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 17

Questions about brigalow scrub

What does brigalow scrub mean?
Brigalow scrub means an area thickly covered in brigalow, especially used of arid parts of eastern Australia.
What part of speech is brigalow scrub?
Brigalow scrub is a noun.

Words near brigalow scrub in the dictionary

  1. Brigadoon
  2. Brigadoonery
  3. Brigadoonish
  4. Brigadoons
  5. brigalow
  6. brigalow scrub
  7. brigalows
  8. Brigance
  9. Brigances
  10. brigand
  11. brigandage

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