English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From under- + growth. Cognate with West Frisian ûndergroei (“undergrowth”).
undergrowth (usually uncountable, plural undergrowths)
- The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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
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