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undergreen

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Greenery that is underneath.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic, uncountable

Examples

  • J. Russell Tayler, The Madness of Sir Tristram Yet we, that listened in the sighing wood, / With soiled gowns crouching in the undergreen, / Were not quite sure, until he said "Isoude!"

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

under- + green