underbrush

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underbrush

  • /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/ US

noun underbrushes

  1. uncountable, usually The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest. How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!

    Similar: underbush, undergrowth, understory

verb underbrushes · underbrushing · underbrushed

  1. transitive To clear (an area) of underbrush.
  2. intransitive To work among the underbrush.

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noun small trees

日本語下生え shitabae
Françaissous-bois
DeutschUnterholz
Русскийподле́сок podlésok

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@misc{underbrush_2026,
  title = {underbrush},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underbrush},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}