noun
undergrowth
UHND-grohth
noun
1
Low-growing plants, shrubs, and bushes beneath the trees in a forest.
"They hacked through thick undergrowth to reach the clearing."
How to Use Undergrowth
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe tangle of low plants covering a forest floor.
Word Forms
undergrowths plural
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Etymology
From under- + growth.