underbrush
Americannoun
noun
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Unimpressed, a group of tweens on the walk delved deeper into the rain-soaked underbrush, pointing out specimens faster than Purry could identify them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
During that time when the mother is out feeding, the fawns have been known to hide in underbrush, according to the Park Service.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
Their use, coupled with selective clearing of smaller trees and underbrush in another Indigenous technique called thinning, reduces the severity, intensity, and tree mortality of wildfires.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024
If the former, you need antivenom, but good luck telling from the mere glimpse of a tail you got as the serpent slithered into the underbrush.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024
I turned around, as Yakov had done—I knew it, I felt it—but Frankie was the only person to emerge from the underbrush.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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