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understoreynoun [ C or U ]

UK specialized US understory /ˈʌn.dəˌstɔː.ri/ /-dɚˌstɔːr.i/

› a layer of plants and bushes that grows under the canopy (= the thick, high roof formed by branches and leaves) of a forest:

There are many old plants, as well as a thriving understorey of seedlings.
The article examines the effects of surface fires on understorey in central Brazilian Amazonia.

(Definition of “understorey” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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