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Unterholz — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • covert adjective Secret or hidden; done in a concealed way.
  • 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

Unterholz is used for these senses in English:

  • covert Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
  • 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.

covert — full definition

  1. adjective Secret or hidden; done in a concealed way.
  2. noun A thicket or dense area of undergrowth where game animals hide.
  3. noun In birds, a small feather that covers the base of a larger flight feather.

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