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un⋅der⋅grown

[uhn-der-grohn, uhn-der-grohn]
–adjective
1. not grown to normal size or height: sickly and undergrown cattle.
2. having an undergrowth: an undergrown thicket tangled with creeping vines.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see under-, grown
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un·der·grown   (ŭn'dər-grōn')   
adj.  
  1. Not fully grown; puny.

  2. Covered with undergrowth.

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