underwood

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"Carrie underwood being an antimasker is just sad," wrote another.

From Fox News • Aug. 18, 2021

“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016

A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

After the next volley some of the men plunged into the underwood, encouraged by the voice of the sergeant shouting: "After him, men, at all costs; he cannot be far off."

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

It was plain we should have no chance of finding either grass or underwood for our horses.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas