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 /
noun
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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
He knew, however, that her strength would not hold out, and at the first sound of pursuit he alighted in a coppice, drove on the horses, and crept away with her through the underwood.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
In other parts, the larger trees and shrubs made way for dense thickets of thorny underwood, over which the active girl was obliged to leap.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
In some places the trees grew closely together, with a thick underwood, which shut-in the path on both sides, and through which the road had been partially cleared by the 33d.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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