bushveld
noun
bush·veld ˈbu̇sh-ˌfelt 
: veld of southern Africa with abundant shrubby and often thorny vegetation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web There’s an entire bushveld chorus that most people miss out on. 
Richard Holmes, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2021 Once this bushveld stretched wild over half of the country, but today it has been largely partitioned off and contained behind tall fences. Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
Richard Holmes, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2021 Once this bushveld stretched wild over half of the country, but today it has been largely partitioned off and contained behind tall fences. Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018 Word History
Etymology
partial translation of Afrikaans bosveld, from bos bush + veld
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above