Definition of underwood Underwood

/ʌˈndɚwʊˌd/ - [underwud] - un•der•wood

We found 5 definitions of underwood from 5 different sources.

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What does underwood mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

underwood - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
  underbrush, undergrowth
  coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood, brush the wood from bushes or small branches; "they built a fire of brushwood"
  woods, forest, wood the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • underwood (n.)
    Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • underwood
    un′dėr-wōōd, n. low wood or trees growing under large ones: coppice

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