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overstory

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o⋅ver⋅sto⋅ry

  [oh-ver-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
Origin:
1480–90, for an earlier sense; 1955–60 for current sense; over- + story 2
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o·ver·sto·ry   (ō'vər-stôr'ē, -stōr'ē)   
n.  The uppermost layer of foliage that forms a forest canopy.
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