undergrowth

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Definitions

noun

The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

Related words

Synonyms

underbrush understory underwood groundcover ground cover forest bush brush weed subshrub undershrub shrub undershrubbery matorral shrubbery vert

Associated

cocked thicket rhododendron balsam bushes clumps alder shrubs swampy litter overgrown

Rhymes

loath growth oath outgrowth sloth second growth blowth drowth economic growth old growth

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