Hypertext Webster Gateway: "undergrowth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Undergrowth \Un"der*growth`\, n.
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small
trees growing among large trees. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
undergrowth
n 1: small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
[syn: {groundcover}, {ground cover}]
2: the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing
beneath taller trees in a wood or forest [syn: {underbrush},
{underwood}]
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