underbrush
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of underbrush
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Example Sentences
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Underbrush - what foresters call “ladder fuels” - now chokes the forests, turning what could have been beneficial fires into the “crown fires” that destroy hundreds of thousands of acres.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2018
Underbrush is scanty and low, being mostly young seedlings of sugar maple, though seedlings of linden are numerous.
From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.
Underbrush filled the forests, so thick and dense as to be almost impassable.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III by Morris, Charles
Underbrush so thick it seemed impassable, yet which twisted away from their approach as though afraid of a contaminating touch, only to swish back into place as soon as the men passed.
From Man of Many Minds by Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)
Underbrush grew thickly to the very logs on which they were sitting, and, as Henry heard the continuous murmur of their voices, he resolved to learn what they were saying.
From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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