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• Scrub

  ·noun A worn-out brush. II. Scrub ·noun Something small and mean. III. Scrub ·adj Mean; dirty; con...

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• scrub

  I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...

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• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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• mulga-scrub

  n. thickets of Mulga-trees. 1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190: «For th...

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• scrub-bird

  n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-crab

  n. a Queensland fruit. The largedark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of Sideroxylonaustrale, ...

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• scrub-dangler

  n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...

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• scrub-fowl

  n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• scrub-pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• scrub-sandalwood

  n. See sandalwood. ...

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• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• scrub-vine

  n. called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.). ...

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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