sous-bois — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backwoods noun Remote, thickly forested, or sparsely populated country, far from towns and cities.
- underbrush noun The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
- undergrowth noun Low-growing plants, shrubs, and bushes beneath the trees in a forest.
Senses
sous-bois is used for these senses in English:
- backwoods Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
- underbrush The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
- undergrowth The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
- understory (ecology, also, attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.
backwoods — full definition
- noun Remote, thickly forested, or sparsely populated country, far from towns and cities.
- adj Unsophisticated or crude, in the way associated with remote rural areas.