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  underwood

  noun

  woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
• Underwood
  Underwood

  noun

  Rory. born 1963, English Rugby Union player: played 85 times for England (1984–96) and scored 49 tries (an England record)

underwood

American  

[uhn-der-wood] / ˈʌn dərˌwʊd /

noun

1. woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.

2. a clump or stretch of such growth.

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Underwood ¹ British  

/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /

noun

1. Rory. born 1963, English Rugby Union player: played 85 times for England (1984–96) and scored 49 tries (an England record)

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underwood ² British  

/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /

noun

1. a less common word for undergrowth

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Other Word Forms

• underwooded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of underwood

First recorded in 1275–1325, underwood is from the Middle English word underwode. See under-, wood ¹

Example Sentences

"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

We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

We were travelling in a grove of trees, with a thick underwood, except just where a path was cut wide enough for a single mule to pass.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In the sunshine lay a gorgeous plain, sparkling with verdant forests and dewy underwood.

From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

Related Words

• scrub
• thicket