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understory - 2 dictionary results

un⋅der⋅sto⋅ry

  [uhn-der-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]
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–noun
the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
Origin:
1900–05; under- + story 2
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un·der·sto·ry   (ŭn'dər-stôr'ē, -stōr'-)   
n.  An underlying layer of vegetation, especially the plants that grow beneath a forest's canopy.
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