undergrowth

Meaning

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

Synonyms

underbrush

brushwood

underwood

shrub layer

scrub

thicket

brush

feather-grass

spinney

stunted

forest floor vegetation

dystrophy

understorey

coppice

vegetable

weeds beneath a tree

grass

herbs

shrubbery

vegetables

Translations

Unterholz

sous-bois

sottobosco

Gestrüpp

broussailles

maleza

sotobosque

χαμόκλαδα

maquis

vegetação rasteira

kreupelhout

شجيرات تحتية

sterpaglia

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Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: ûndergroei

In summary

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