shrubland
noun
shrub·land
ˈshrəb-ˌland 
especially Southern ˈsrəb-
: land on which shrubs are the dominant vegetation
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South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
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Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
Above ground, the plots shifted over that time from predominantly grassland to more desertlike shrublands.
—Aimee Classen, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2026
Long-nosed bandicoots make their homes in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and terrestrial environments.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Mesquite shrublands flank the highways, and saplings grow out of sidewalks, their sage, fern-like leaves softening the landscape.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
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Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
Above ground, the plots shifted over that time from predominantly grassland to more desertlike shrublands.
—Aimee Classen, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2026
Long-nosed bandicoots make their homes in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and terrestrial environments.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Mesquite shrublands flank the highways, and saplings grow out of sidewalks, their sage, fern-like leaves softening the landscape.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shrubland
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“Shrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrubland. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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