underwood
noun
woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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underwood
American
[uhn-der-wood]
/ ˈʌn dərˌwʊd /
noun
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woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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a clump or stretch of such growth.
Underwood
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British
/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
noun
underwood
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British
/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
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Etymology
Origin of underwood
First recorded in 1275–1325, underwood is from the Middle English word underwode. See under-, wood 1
Example Sentences
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"Carrie underwood being an antimasker is just sad," wrote another.
From Fox News • Aug. 18, 2021
“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016
The trees on these banks are large, chiefly the two species of Beech before-mentioned, and Winter's-bark; there are besides many shrubs, and an impenetrable underwood of Arbutus, Berberis, and currant bushes.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
It was like the fire that smoulders among the underwood before it catches flame; it spreads the more rapidly afterwards.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
The underwood of the forest consisted chiefly of Laurus benzoin and Cercis Canadensis; the ground was covered with Equisetum hyemale, from one and a half to two feet high.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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