Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
undergrowth. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
undergrowth, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
undergrowth in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
undergrowth you have here. The definition of the word
undergrowth will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
undergrowth, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From under- + growth. Cognate with West Frisian ûndergroei (“undergrowth”).
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
- Bulgarian: горски храсти m pl (gorski hrasti)
- Catalan: sotabosc (ca) m, malesa (ca) f
- Chinese: guànmùcóng (zh)
- Czech: podrost (cs)
- Finnish: aluskasvillisuus (fi)
- French: broussailles (fr) f, sous-bois (fr) m, maquis (fr) m
- German: Unterholz (de) n, Unterwuchs m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ῥώψ f (rhṓps)
- Italian: sottobosco (it) m
- Japanese: 下生え (したばえ, shitabae)
- Latin: rāmālia n pl
- Maori: hūru, ururua, hururua, heu, heuheu
- Portuguese: sub-bosque m
- Romanian: tufăriș (ro) n, tufiș (ro) n, desiș (ro) n, subarboret (ro) n
- Russian: подлесок (ru) (podlesok), подлесье (ru) (podlesʹje)
- Serbo-Croatian: podrast m
- Spanish: sotobosque m
- Thai: พง (th) (pong)
- Turkish: diri örtü (tr)
- Welsh: istyfiant m
|