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undergrowth

un·derg·rowth

US/ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ/ rare

noun

1.

the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

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Origin

From under- + growth. Cognate with West Frisian ûndergroei (“undergrowth”).

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