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Recent Examples of underbrush
Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away.
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The apples contain the seed from which the future trees sprout, rising from the underbrush.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Burning such fires to reduce the load of underbrush that could feed wildfires can help reduce fire severity and protect nearby areas.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Frequent, natural fires can also help avoid catastrophic fires that occur when too much underbrush has built up for fuel.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The apples contain the seed from which the future trees sprout, rising from the underbrush.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Burning such fires to reduce the load of underbrush that could feed wildfires can help reduce fire severity and protect nearby areas.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Frequent, natural fires can also help avoid catastrophic fires that occur when too much underbrush has built up for fuel.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underbrush
Noun
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Rabbits dance and rattlesnakes slither in the hazy undergrowth with the same rickety gestures as the towering creatures above, providing each new environment a comforting, organic feel.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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On my walks in the forest, I was struck by that lack of undergrowth, particularly a huge patch of Canadian Wood Nettle, a North America native that is a host plant for Red Admiral and Eastern Comma butterflies.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Understanding how our forests respond to the increases in greenhouse gas emissions and threats to their existence, such as deforestation and wildfires, is challenging because of the dense vegetation and hard-to-penetrate canopies.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most of these organisms do not affect your plants until the foliage begins to decline.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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As for the small terraces that had once filled the other two sides, these had long since disappeared under the ever-expanding foliage.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Underbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underbrush. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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