Definitions for undergrowthˈʌn dərˌgroʊθ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•der•growthˈʌn dərˌgroʊθ(n.)

  1. Category: Ecology

    Ref: underbrush.

  2. the condition of being undergrown or undersized.

  3. Category: Zoology

    Ref: undercoat (def. 2). 2

Origin of undergrowth:

1590–1600

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. undergrowth(noun)ˈʌn dərˌgroʊθ

    all the plants that grow around the bottom of trees

    They searched in the undergrowth for clues.

Wiktionary

  1. undergrowth(Noun)

    The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Undergrowth(noun)

    that which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees


Translations for undergrowth

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

undergrowth(noun)

low bushes or large plants growing among trees

She tripped over in the thick undergrowth.

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