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Shrubbery

A collection of shrubs.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Botany 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flora 76% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vegetation 76% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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Bush 70% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Shrub 70% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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