Definitions for understory

understory un·der·sto·ry

Spelling: [uhn-der-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]
IPA: /ˈʌn dərˌstɔr i, -ˌstoʊr i/

Understory is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 658 anagrams from letters in understory (denorrstuy).

Definitions for understory

noun

  1. the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.

Origin of understory

First recorded in 1900-05; under- + story2

Examples for understory

An almost continuous canopy of foliage has developed, shading the understory and thinning it by killing shrubs and saplings.

Saplings of honey locust made up an important part of the understory vegetation on this slope.

This species was seen only in the understory of primary forest.

This babbler inhabits the understory of primary forest, and occasionally is seen in secondary forest scrub.

It seemed to prefer secondary forest that had some undergrowth and was invariably flushed from the understory.

understory thickets sprang up throughout most of the woodland, and especially in edge situations.

A dense growth of coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) forms the understory just below the crest of the hill.

Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush) is the understory codominant.

Vegetation was pinyon-juniper woodland with an understory of mixed shrubs.

Throughout the woodlands of the Reservation the saplings of this species constitute a prominent part of the understory.

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