1. an area of land covered with low-growing shrubs and bushes, typically in a dry climate

Examples

• The hikers walked through miles of scrubland before reaching the mountains.
• Many desert animals make their homes in the scrubland.
• The fire quickly spread across the dry scrubland.
• Native plants in the scrubland are adapted to little rainfall.
• The scrubland stretched as far as the eye could see.
• Birds nested among the thorny bushes of the scrubland.