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Stunted; = scrubbed, adj.1 1; also, shrubby.
Having the habit, growth, or size of a shrub; spec. having perennial woody stems rising from the root. In early use frequently applied to trees of…
Rough, irregular or broken in outline or contour; esp. of rocks, rugged; of a stem or branch: knotted, full of projections; of trees: ragged, stunted…