especially American EnglishAmEHBP bushes, small trees etc growing under and around larger trees in a forest 〔长在森林中大树下的〕下层灌木丛,下木SYN undergrowth
Examples from the Corpus
underbrush• The rebels fought like demons, and under cover of the denseunderbrushpoureddeadlyvolleys upon us.• Some of the plantations up northnear Tay Ninh were in operation and were fairly clear of underbrush.• The tangledunderbrush showed no trace of a horse's passing.• I didn't so much take cover in the underbrush, I collided with it.• We might as well clear some of the underbrush, man to man, right now, though.• A path led through the underbrush to the shanty of a woman named Mrs Fetchalub, his closest neighbor.• I'd like to get this underbrushcleaned out now.