undergrowth
(un′dər grōt̸h′)
noun
- underbrush
- an animal's undercoat
- the state of being undergrown
See undergrowth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Low-growing plants, saplings, and shrubs beneath trees in a forest.
- A growth of short, fine hairs underlying the longer and thicker outer hairs of an animal's coat; underfur or underwool.
- The condition of being less than fully grown.
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