brushland

noun

brush·​land ˈbrəsh-ˌland 

: an area covered with brush growth

Examples of brushland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About 20 miles northeast of the Lava Fire, the 9,836-acre Tennant Fire also was burning forest and brushland along Highway 97. — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2021

Most of the activity is in Northern California — where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020

Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020

Australia’s unprecedented wildfire season has charred huge expanses of brushland, rainforests and national parks – killing more than a billion wild animals by one estimate. — USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020

Two hundred thousand years ago, paleoclimate records suggest that the area was a lush wetland mostly surrounded by less-inviting arid brushland. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above