UNDERBRUSH

underbrush, undergrowth, underwood

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

underbrush (usually uncountable, plural underbrushes)

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

Synonyms

• undergrowth

• understory

Verb

underbrush (third-person singular simple present underbrushes, present participle underbrushing, simple past and past participle underbrushed)

(transitive) To clear (an area) of underbrush.

(intransitive) To work among the underbrush.

Anagrams

• undershrub

Source: Wiktionary


Un"der*brush`, n.

Definition: Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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