undergrowth

IPA: ˈʌndɝgroʊθ

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

Examples of "undergrowth" in Sentences

Twining through the undergrowth were the bittersweet vines.
All the undergrowth is scorched brown and black by the cold.
Unit, often camped in undergrowth while on operations in CAMBODIA.
They are wind-swept because cows have browsed out the undergrowth.
The undergrowth was a nuisance, being composed of pea-vines, clover, nettles, cane and briery berry bushes.
Govt plagued by 'undergrowth' of ministers, advisers and the press - Goldsmith doesn't seem to have enjoyed being part of it
This open ground beneath the trees made walking anywhere easy in contrast to eastern forests with their thick bushy undergrowth and giant jackstraws deadfalls.
I walked across once, and found the dense growth of banana, cocoanut, mango, cotton and other trees, and undergrowth, which is termed here "the bush," terminating abruptly at the ragged back fences of the neighborhood.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer told Rosenstein he would like to clear away the "undergrowth" of the state's arguments about its own rules of procedure to get to the constitutional question of whether Osborne has a right to the evidence.
On a crystalline, perfectly blue morning in June, a young married couple driving across upper Michigan stop to picnic in a clearing, then watch in horror as their two and a half year old daughter suddenly vanishes, swallowed by what they discover hidden in undergrowth is a tiny hole in a poorly sealed and long-forgotten mineshaft.