underwood
noun
woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
underwoods
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pluralof underwood.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Warblers and titmice twittered in the leafy treetops, and butterflies of several kinds, notably one gorgeous creature in yellow and black, like a larger and more resplendent Turnus, went fluttering through the underwoods.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Bradford Torrey
Could we thus stand upon the hilltops and keep watch through the long coal building ages, we should see generation after generation of forest trees and underwoods living, withering, dying, falling to earth.
From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin
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
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
It well repays one for the walk of a mile or so through tangled underwoods by the side of the burn.
From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry
