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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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
Mildred's eyes wandered from the colonnades to the underwoods.
From Celibates by George (George Augustus) Moore
For the underwoods were populous with serpents of all kinds, many of which were venomous.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson
For preventing injury to flowering and other plants, shrubs, vegetation, trees, woods and underwoods on or near the said river.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
The forests here were damp and tropical so far as herbaceous underwoods were concerned, the trees were loaded with mosses chiefly pendulous Neckeræ and Hypnea, as well as the rocks, Epiphytes were common.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
