underbrush
[uhn-der-bruhsh]
- shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
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Also un·der·bush [uhn-der-boo sh] /ˈʌn dərˌbʊʃ/.
Origin of underbrush
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Historical Examples
Some of our men were firing their guns at random into the underbrush.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
With difficulty they had saved the chest and dragged it after them into the mazes of the underbrush.
The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs
He saw before him rough ground, thickly sown with underbrush.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
Gun in hand, he plunged into the underbrush that lined the side of the trail.
White FangJack London
He whined pleadingly, and scurried playfully in and out of the underbrush.
White FangJack London
underbrush
underbush
- mainly US and Canadian undergrowth
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Word Origin and History for underbrush
n.
"shrub and small trees in a forest," 1775, from under + brush (n.2). Originally American English; cf. undergrowth, attested in the same sense from 1600.
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