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nature strip

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the roadway proper and the footpath, if there is one; a tree lawn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, regional

Examples

  • 2009, Mary Horsfall, Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden, CSIRO Publishing, page 107, Along our road there are no footpaths, but there are wide nature strips on which many residents have planted gardens of one sort or another.

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