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un·der·brush
/
ˈʌn
dərˌbrʌʃ
/
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[
uhn
-der-bruhsh
]
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noun
shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
Also,
un·der·bush
/
ˈʌn
dərˌbʊʃ
/
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[
uhn
-der-b
oo
sh
]
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.
Origin:
1765–75,
Americanism
;
under-
+
brush
2
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underbrush
or
underbush
(ˈʌndəˌbrʌʃ)
—
n
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
) undergrowth
underbush
or
underbush
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
underbrush
1775, "shrub and small trees in a forest," from
under
+
brush
(n.). Originally Amer.Eng.; cf.
undergrowth
, attested in the same sense from 1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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