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thornscrub

thornscrub noun: thorny scrubland.

Noun

thornscrub (uncountable)

  1. Thorny scrubland.
    • The transition from Sonoran desertscrub to foothills thornscrub begins on desert inselbergs north of Hermosillo and higher areas east of the Sonoran Desert.2006, Thomas R. Van Devender, The Sonoran Desert Tortoise: Natural History, Biology, and Conservation

Questions about thornscrub

What does thornscrub mean?
Thornscrub means thorny scrubland.
What part of speech is thornscrub?
Thornscrub is a noun.

Words near thornscrub in the dictionary

  1. thorns in the flesh
  2. Thornsberry
  3. Thornsberrys
  4. Thornsbury
  5. Thornsburys
  6. thornscrub
  7. thornshrub
  8. thornshrubs
  9. thornstone
  10. thorntail
  11. thorntails

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