underwood
Americannoun
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woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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a clump or stretch of such growth.
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- underwooded adjective
Etymology
Origin of underwood
First recorded in 1275–1325, underwood is from the Middle English word underwode. See under-, wood 1
Example Sentences
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"Carrie underwood being an antimasker is just sad," wrote another.
From Fox News • Aug. 18, 2021
“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016
It is covered down to the water with thick sedges and underwood, and where the water is stagnating, generates mosquitoes and fevers.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
In the forests roses in full blossom formed a thick underwood, which was traversed by the path of the buffaloes.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
The underwood of the forest consisted chiefly of Laurus benzoin and Cercis Canadensis; the ground was covered with Equisetum hyemale, from one and a half to two feet high.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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