Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Scrub-Ironwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Ironwood</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Myrtle</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Myrtle</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Oak</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Oak</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Pine</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Pine</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Poison-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Poison-tree</i>.

<hw>Scrub-rider</hw>, <i>n</i>. a man who rides through the <i>scrub</i> in search of <i>Scrub-cattle</i> (q.v.).

1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 278:

"A favourite plan among the bold scrub-riders."

<hw>Scrub-Robin</hw>, <i>n</i>. the modern name for any bird of the genus <i>Drymodes</i>.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 10: