undergrowth
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌɡroʊθ/
:
bajo crecimiento
- The hikers had to push through the thick undergrowth to find the trail.
- dense undergrowth
- thick undergrowth
- forest undergrowth
In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- He was laying on his stomach and had backed up under the undergrowth in the back of that cul-de-sac wouldn't answer me until I almost stepped on.
Examples
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And it couldn't have blown into the undergrowth beneath the trees because there was very little wind.
Fiction book (1998) -
Progress was slow, the undergrowth dense between the huge trunks of the primary trees.
Fiction book (1998) -
We can start cutting back all the undergrowth here.
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Then I found a job destroying small trees and undergrowth at a military communications base.
Academic text (2009) -
If there was undergrowth by the water, you must have been close to the fens.
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And finally, deep in the undergrowth, I spot something extraordinary: an undiscovered species of bear.
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While that meant no more slogging through mud, the undergrowth grew denser here.
Fiction book (1992) -
The slopes are denser with undergrowth now, and the going isn't so easy.
Fiction book (1993) -
A dense forest with its southern yellow pines and thriving undergrowth of seasonal wiregrass covered much of the area.
Academic text (2007) -
Maple saplings have grown tall, and in summer the dense undergrowth obscures the downed trees that remain.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
61
2.2
A thick group of small trees and bushes
31
8.0
Low bushes and small trees that grow under taller trees in a forest
22
5.1
A thick area of bushes and small trees that grow close together
11
5.6
Small plants, bushes, and young trees that grow under tall trees in a forest
1
5.1
A layer of small trees and plants under taller trees
1
5.7
An area of thick bushes that is hard to walk through
How Dense
7
3.9
11
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undergrowth is made of under 'below' and growth 'plants that grow', so you can picture small trees and bushes growing below the tall trees. So, undergrowth means the thick shrubs and plants that lie under the taller trees in a wood or forest.