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un⋅der⋅wood

  [uhn-der-wood]
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–noun
1. woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
2. a clump or stretch of such growth.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME underwode. See under-, wood 1

Related forms:
un⋅der⋅wood⋅ed, adjective
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un·der·wood   (ŭn'dər-wŏŏd')   
n.  Shrubs and small trees growing beneath taller trees; underbrush.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Underwood

Un"der*wood`\, n. Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. --Addison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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