underwood

un·der·wood  (ndr-wd)

n.

Shrubs and small trees growing beneath taller trees; underbrush.

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underwood [ˈʌndəˌwʊd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a less common word for undergrowth

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Underwood [ˈʌndəˌwʊd]

n

(Biographies / Underwood, Rory (1963 M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: rugby union player) Rory. born 1963, British Rugby Union football player; played for England (1984-99), becoming Britain's most capped player

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Noun

1.

underwood - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest underbrush, undergrowth 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