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Meaning of UNDERGROWTH

Pronunciation:  'undur`growth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
 
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 Synonyms: underbrush, underwood
 
 See Also: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, forest, ground cover, groundcover, thicket, wood, woods

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un"der*growth`\, n.
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small
trees growing among large trees. --Milton.
 

 

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