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underbrush
[ uhn-der-bruhsh ]
noun
- shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
underbrush
/ ˈʌndəˌbrʌʃ /
noun
- undergrowth
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Word History and Origins
Origin of underbrush1
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Example Sentences
Wildlife researchers often trek through jungles and underbrush to find animals.
The way he tells it, he sat in the cold for a few hours only to have a frenzied pair of antlers flash into view for half a second before vanishing into the frozen underbrush.
Suddenly, a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex bursts from the underbrush.
Sometimes it’s the understory or underbrush that’s turning bright colors.
They’re too large to move silently, so rustling and scratching noises in the underbrush or up in the branches of young trees is a good sign that they may be nearby.
She was already dead and laying just a quarter mile from her home, in dense underbrush where her mother used to play as a child.
The road on which the Federals were marching was narrow and on each side lined with dense underbrush.
Benny and Violet scrambled through the underbrush to the place Jess pointed out, and investigated.
But the children could find no path through the underbrush that would lead to its beautiful waters.
Violet held great sprays of fine underbrush in place until each log was laid.
The path led for some distance through a thicket of alders and underbrush, from which at length it emerged into an open field.
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