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underwood
[ uhn-der-wood ]
noun
- woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
- a clump or stretch of such growth.
Underwood
1/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
noun
- UnderwoodRory1963MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: rugby union player Rory. born 1963, English Rugby Union player: played 85 times for England (1984–96) and scored 49 tries (an England record)
underwood
2/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
noun
- a less common word for undergrowth
Other Words From
- under·wooded adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of underwood1
Example Sentences
“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.”
After the next volley some of the men plunged into the underwood, encouraged by the voice of the sergeant shouting: "After him, men, at all costs; he cannot be far off."
In some places the trees grew closely together, with a thick underwood, which shut-in the path on both sides, and through which the road had been partially cleared by the 33d.
For the underwoods were populous with serpents of all kinds, many of which were venomous.
It was a rusty, damp-stained door, once painted green, and masked by trees somewhat higher than the underwood through which they had climbed.
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