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un⋅der⋅brush

  [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  [uhn-der-boosh] .

Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; under- + brush 2
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un·der·brush   (ŭn'dər-brŭsh')   
n.  Small trees, shrubs, or similar plants growing beneath the taller trees in a forest.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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