: low growth on the floor of a forest including seedlings and saplings, shrubs, and herbs
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebCourtesy of Graham Keeley Indeed, hidden among the undergrowth is Guardian’s second line of defense: a series of sensors.WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 The enormous pit, 630 feet deep, is home to a lush green haven of tall, ancient trees, dense undergrowth and probably, say researchers, animals that haven’t yet been found elsewhere. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022 At the same time, an undergrowth of journals and websites has begun to mature, exposed to sunlight that once shone only on the media sequoias.Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021 The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations.Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021 The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations.Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021 The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations.Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021 The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations.Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021 Sequoias even rely on fire to help open their cones disperse seeds, and flames clear undergrowth so seedlings can take root and get sunlight.Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021 See More
(BrE) ➡ see also underbrushADJECTIVE | ... OF UNDERGROWTH | VERB + UNDERGROWTH | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, dense, lush, tangled, thick深深的/濃密的/茂盛的/纏結的/茂密的灌木叢... OF UNDERGROWTH➤patch, tangle一片/纏在一起的灌木叢VERB + UNDERGROWTH➤clear清除灌木PREPOSITION➤into the undergrowth進入灌木叢中◇The snake slithered off into the undergrowth.那條蛇鑽進了灌木叢。➤in the undergrowth在灌木叢裏◇I noticed someone hiding in the undergrowth.我注意到有人躲在灌木叢裏。➤through the undergrowth穿越灌木叢◇I could hear him crashing through the undergrowth.我能聽到他嘩啦嘩啦穿越灌木叢的聲音。