scrublands

noun

plural of scrubland
as in thickets

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  1. thickets
  2. forests
  3. groves
  4. copses
  5. woodlands
  6. woods
  7. stands
  8. forestlands
Noun
  • Wartime tunnels and bunkers Before 1965, Vịnh Mốc was a tranquil fishing village in central Vietnam, with a lush landscape of rice paddies, bamboo thickets and golden beaches.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Elk prefer thickets and blowdowns, especially where dense spruce trees grow.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of thickets
Noun
  • Expanding fires and heavy smoke left them with no safe route back to larger forests before they were evacuated in early September, Suciadi said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, it’s comprised of five—Sani Beach, Sani Asterias, Porto Sani, Sani Dunes, and Sani Club—stretched out across a slip of sandy beach backed by pine forests on the northwestern Aegean.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • Olivia Studio60, Womack Studios, Disney+ A celebrity TV weatherman retreats with his daughter to his estranged father’s olive groves, reopening old wounds.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Hikers will uncover Romanesque ruins, ancient forests, crumbling monasteries, and orange groves along their way.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of groves
Noun
  • The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of copses
Noun
  • The flames did not ignite any wildfires in surrounding woodlands, state forest officials told The Charlotte Observer.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But wildfires have burned several of these areas in recent years, including dense woodlands near Covington Flats and Black Rock Campground.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of woodlands
Noun
  • All 150 king rooms have private terraces, with pale woods and décor in cool taupe shades, while some of the suites have plunge pools, private gardens or two bedrooms.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As far as Marschall knew, no dendrochronologist had ever studied these woods before.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of woods
Noun
  • The Surfside neighborhood, with its ice cream stands, shallow pools, and merry-go-round is built expressly for children, with face painters and balloon animal artists on hand daily and a puppet show to round out the evenings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Karissa Condoianis, senior VP of public relations for the State Fair of Texas, said work is already underway to rebuild the two stands destroyed in the fire.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of stands
Noun
  • It was intended to protect tens of millions of acres of national forestlands without roads from further development.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • About 21% of California’s national forestlands are protected.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Definition of forestlands
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“Scrublands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrublands. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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