undergrowth

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ growth.

Noun

undergrowth (usually uncountable, plural undergrowths)

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

Synonyms

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)

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