scrub noun
1 small trees growing in a dry area
ADJ. desert miles of desert scrub | low The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
QUANT. patch The horses stood near a patch of scrub.
VERB + SCRUB be covered in, be overgrown with The mountain was covered in scrub.
2 cleaning
ADJ. good I gave the table a good scrub.
VERB + SCRUB give sb/sth