underbrush

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

From under- + brush.

There was also considerable underbrush. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
It grows among the underbrush in forests. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
And the ground hidden by almost impenetrable underbrush. — Tarrano the Conqueror, Ray Cummings

undergrowth, underwood

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning