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native bush

British

noun

indigenous forest

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Setting and checking traps, replanting native bush, checking corflute for teeth marks and the ground for scat—it’s muddy and exhausting work, and the road to a predator-free 2050 is long.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025

Houses perch above the city and harbor among native bush on steep hillsides.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The 10-building old west-style “main street” is a curious sight in a rugged part of the North Island’s Central Plateau, better known for its snow-capped peaks, native bush and ski slopes.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2020

It is being advertised as "a remarkable seven-hectare utopia" with "three modest buildings dotted amidst the mature native bush".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2016

And then there was the wattle, a native bush or tree, an inspiring cloud of sumptuous yellow bloom.

From Following the Equator, Part 2 by Twain, Mark

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