Undergrowth synonyms

ŭn'dər-grōth'

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underwood
The underbrush or understory of a forest.
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scrub
A scraggly, stunted tree or shrub
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brush
To brush is defined as to use a tool with bristles or to quickly sweep something with the hand.
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brushwood
Dense undergrowth.
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underbrush
Small trees or shrubs growing beneath the taller trees in a forest, especially when thick or tangled.
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thicket (related)
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tussock (related)
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shrubbery (related)
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the-bush (related)
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bramble (related)
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scrubby (related)
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leaf-litter (related)
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ravine (related)
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bracken (related)
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tangle
Any of several large edible seaweeds, especially a kelp.
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Undergrowth Sentence Examples

  • They traveled through miles of wild country where the hills were covered with a dense undergrowth of brush.

  • The undergrowth itself rises fully 15 ft.

  • Bushes are common in western Alaska, but undergrowth is very scanty in the forests.

  • The word is the same as "scrub," low, stunted undergrowth, in O.

  • The island has extensive forests of conifers with an undergrowth of ferns and flowering plants, and bears are numerous.

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