Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for underbrush. Search instead for slender+rush.
Synonyms

underbrush

American  
[uhn-der-bruhsh] / ˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ /
Also underbush

noun

  1. shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.

underbrush British  
/ ˈʌndəˌbrʌʃ /

noun

  1. undergrowth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of underbrush

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; under- + brush 2

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.