underbrush

/ˈʌndərˌbrʌʃ/
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Other forms: underbrushes

Definitions of underbrush
  1. noun
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
    synonyms: undergrowth, underwood
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    types:
    ground cover, groundcover
    small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
    type of:
    brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
    a dense growth of bushes
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