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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a patch of scrub" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small area of dense vegetation or low shrubs, often in a natural setting.
Example: "As we hiked through the forest, we stumbled upon a patch of scrub that was teeming with wildlife."
Alternatives: "a clump of brush" or "a thicket of shrubs."
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The box, which rests on a patch of scrub, looks unremarkable.
The sing-song call of a chiffchaff rang out from a patch of scrub growing in the centre of a neolithic flint mine, overlaid by the cascading warble of a skylark.
There, Detective Lieutenant Fitzpatrick said, his car skidded to a halt at a bend in the road and he jumped out and ran into a patch of scrub oaks with Officer Behrle running behind him.
Hidden by a patch of scrub, they remained undetected by the Company troops.
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The hide is wonderful: spacious, with comfy chairs and a large windowed front beyond which is a patch of illuminated scrub.
I was ready to head back and start planning my risotto, but Paterson had spotted a patch of leafy scrub and pulled me toward it.
One afternoon, as he trained with his Partick Thistle team-mates on a rudimentary patch of scrub in Maryhill, his group was set upon by a posse of young miscreants armed with… samurai swords.
Everywhere you walk there are sad, orphaned relics – lone mailboxes, a decorative urn, a pizza oven, a sign on a knee-high gate in the middle of an empty patch of scrub that says, THIS PROPERTY NO SMOKING.
When a jihadi comes close to admitting he is infatuated with Satima, Sissako shows us the undulating dunes with a strategically placed patch of scrub.
Richard Dean heaved his bike and trailer across the bridge, away from the city, and followed a dirt track through scrub until reaching a patch of shaded riverbank.
I parked in a patch of shade.
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