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English
Etymology
From under- + grown.
Pronunciation
Adjective
undergrown (not comparable)
- insufficiently grown; not having grown to a normal or suitable size.
- (obsolete) having pubic hair
1733, Robert Seymour, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, volume 1, page 90:That I will soon wete (answered the Collector) and taking the young Maiden dishonestly, turned her up to search whether she were undergrown with Hair or not;