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scrubless

scrubless adjective: without scrubby vegetation.

Adjective

scrubless (comparative more scrubless, superlative most scrubless)

  1. Without scrubby vegetation.
    • The Bar-tailed Desert Lark is found in very dry, almost scrubless areas, whereas the Arabian Warbler breeds in an area rich in acacia trees.1990, Birding, volume 22, page 49
  2. Without (the need for) scrubbing.
    • Alternatively, waterless and scrubless hand antiseptics have become popular for preparing the surgeon's skin.2011, Fred Anthony Mann, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, Hun-Young Yoon, Fundamentals of Small Animal Surgery

Forms of scrubless

comparativemore scrubless
superlativemost scrubless

Origin of scrubless

From scrub + -less.

Questions about scrubless

What does scrubless mean?
Scrubless means without scrubby vegetation.
What part of speech is scrubless?
Scrubless is an adjective.

Words near scrubless in the dictionary

  1. scrubfowl
  2. scrubfowls
  3. scrubgrass
  4. scrubland
  5. scrublands
  6. scrubless
  7. scrublord
  8. scrublords
  9. scrubman
  10. scrubmen
  11. scrubout

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