underwood
noun
woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
underwood
American
[uhn-der-wood]
/ ˈʌn dərˌwʊd /
noun
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underwoods
plural
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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
2
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
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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
Presently the crackling of branches indicated Peter's approach through the underwood.
From The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie by Daniel Stephen O'Connor
To the north-east of the solitary dwelling of the Widow Sachs, was a fine beech forest, among the underwood of which pheasants were pretty numerous.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Alexander Philipp Maximilian
It is covered down to the water with thick sedges and underwood, and where the water is stagnating, generates mosquitoes and fevers.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
They’ll respect your affection for an old Underwood typewriter while focusing on the practical question of where it’s actually going to go.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Country music superstar Carrie Underwood sang at the ceremony after rapper Snoop Dogg performed at a ball days before it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
"A lovely big space and through I go," said Underwood.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
“Come on, Underwood, can’t a dude say he’s sorry and be real? What’s the problem?”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
The gum or resin of this fragrant vegetable is collected from extensive underwoods of it in the East by a singular contrivance.
From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Erasmus Darwin
Along the river where dense underwoods grew, hundreds of Indians lay concealed with their canoes, waiting for the schooner.
From Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola by F. M. (Frances Melville) Perry
The pictures went by—portraits of fair ladies and ancient admirals, landscapes, underwoods and deserts, flower and battle pieces, pathetic scenes and gallantries.
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
The going was good, over firm footing, through light underwoods, among wide-set, big trees.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
Here and there, lying upon the ground, overgrown by weeds and underwoods, were great broken, hideous idols, many of which were at least twelve feet in length.
From Held by Chinese Brigands by Herbert Strang
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