woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
a clump or stretch of such growth.
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
Juniper trees, from fifteen to twenty feet high, grew in all these woods, partly as underwood.
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 Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
The abundance of these flowers gives to the underwood a lively tint, which strikes the eye at a distance.
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 Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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