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Undergrowth

//ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes). uncountable, usually

    "tangled undergrowth"

  2. 2
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest wordnet

Etymology

From under- + growth. Cognate with West Frisian ûndergroei (“undergrowth”).

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