brushy

brushy

adjective

brush′i·er, brush′i·est

bristly; brushlike; bushy
covered with brushwood or underbrush

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Adjective

(comparative brushier, superlative brushiest)

Having a similar texture to a fox's tail; bushy.
(Of the countryside) Having thick vegetation, larger than grass but smaller than trees.
Throughout much of northern Alaska, tundra is becoming brushier and giving way to forest.

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brush +‎ -y

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Areas most likely to be infested with ticks include moist and shady areas, wooded and brushy areas, overgrown grassy areas, and areas with a high rodent and deer population.
When I approached carelessly and alarmed them, they made a sudden splash and rippling with their tails, as if one had struck the water with a brushy bough, and instantly took refuge in the depths.

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