undergrowth

undergrowth

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ growth.

Noun

undergrowth (usually uncountable, plural undergrowths)

1. The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

Synonyms

• underbrush
• understory

Translations

plants which only reach a low height

Chinese: guànmùcóng Czech: podrost Finnish: aluskasvillisuus (fi) French: broussailles (fr) f, sous-bois (fr) m, maquis (fr) m German: Unterholz (de) n Italian: sottobosco (it) m

Japanese: 下生え (したばえ, shitabae) Latin: rāmālia n pl Maori: hūru, ururua, hururua, heu, heuheu Romanian: tufăriș (ro) n, tufiș (ro) n, desiș (ro) n, subarboret (ro) n Russian: подлесок (ru) (podlesok), подлесье (ru) (podlesʹje) Thai: พง (th) (pong)