Hypertext Webster Gateway: "underwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Underwood \Un"der*wood`\, n.
Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice;
underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.
Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow
within the shade of oaks and cedars. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
underwood
n : the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing
beneath taller trees in a wood or forest [syn: {underbrush},
{undergrowth}]
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