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undergrowth

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un·der·growth  (ndr-grth)
n.
1. Low-growing plants, saplings, and shrubs beneath trees in a forest.
2. A growth of short, fine hairs underlying the longer and thicker outer hairs of an animal's coat; underfur or underwool.
3. The condition of being less than fully grown.

undergrowth [ˈʌndəˌgrəʊθ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) small trees, bushes, ferns, etc., growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
2. the condition of being undergrown
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a growth of short fine hairs beneath longer ones; underfur
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.undergrowthundergrowth - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes
forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
ground cover, groundcover - small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor

undergrowth
noun scrub, brush, underwood, bracken, brambles, briars, underbrush, brushwood, underbush plunging through the undergrowth
Translations
undergrowth [ˈʌndəgrəʊθ] Nmaleza f, matorrales mpl

undergrowth [ˈʌndərgrəʊθ] nbroussailles fpl, sous-bois m

undergrowth [ˈʌndəˌgrəʊθ] nsottobosco
undergrowth [ˈʌndəˌgrəʊθ] nsottobosco

undergrowth
n undergrowth [ˈandəgrouθ]
low bushes or large plants growing among trees She tripped over in the thick undergrowth. kreupelhout, struikgewas غِطاء أشجار مُنْخَفِضَه шубрак podrost underskov das Unterholz φυτά που αναπτύσσονται ανάμεσα σε δέντρα maleza, monte bajo alustaimestik, metsaalune (taimestik) درختچه ها و گیاهانی که زیر درخت می رویند aluskasvillisuus sous-bois שִׂיחִים झाड़-झंखाड़, जो कुछ पेड़ों के नीचे उगे grmlje, šikara bozót botngróður sottobosco 下生え 덤불 pomiškis pamežs tumbuhan bawah kreupelhout kratt, underskog podszycie vegetação rasteira subarboret подлесок podrast podrast šikara undervegetation พุ่มไม้ ağaç altı bitki ve çalıları 長在樹木周圍的灌木叢或較大植物 підлісок, памолодь درختوں کے مابين اگنے والي چھوٹي جھاڑياں يا بڑے پودے bụi cây thấp


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He waited, perfectly still, and at last saw a gleam of white passing soundlessly through the undergrowth.
The Binu man traced out the mechanics of the trap, and exposed the hidden fibre in the tangled undergrowth that at contact with Koogoo's foot had released the taut bow.
The morning dew was still lying on the thick undergrowth of the grass, and that he might not get his feet wet, Sergey Ivanovitch asked his brother to drive him in the trap up to the willow tree from which the carp was caught.
 
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