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understory

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[uhn-der-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee] / ˈʌn dərˌstɔr i, -ˌstoʊr i /

noun

  1. the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.

Etymology

Origin of understory

First recorded in 1900–05; under- + story 2

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