Definitions for underbrushˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•der•brushˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ(n.)

  1. shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.

    Category: Botany

Origin of underbrush:

1765–75, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. underbrush, undergrowth, underwood(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. underbrush(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Underbrush(noun)

    shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth


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