Meaning of UNDERWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'undur`wûd
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| | 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, undergrowth |
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| | See Also: | | brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, forest, ground cover, groundcover, thicket, wood, woods | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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