UNDERSTORY

Meaning of UNDERSTORY in English

/un"deuhr stawr'ee, -stohr'ee/ , n.

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

[ 1900-05; UNDER- + STORY 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

UNDERSTORY — noun Date: 1902 an underlying layer of vegetation, the plants that form the ~
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UNDERSTORY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + story 1. : a foliage layer lying beneath and shaded by the main canopy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDERSTORY — noun Date: 1902 1. : an underlying layer of vegetation ; specifically : the vegetative layer and especially the trees …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNDERSTORY — [un.der.sto.ry] n (1902) 1: an underlying layer of vegetation; specif: the vegetative layer and esp. the trees and shrubs between …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UNDERSTORY — Plants growing beneath the canopy of other plants. Usually refers to grasses, forbs, and low shrubs under a tree or …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
UNDERSTORY — подрост; подлесок, мелколесье
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
UNDERSTORY — подрост; подлесок, мелколесье
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
UNDERSTORY — Pronunciation: ' ə n-d ə r- ˌ sto ̇ r- ē Function: noun Date: 1902 1 : an underlying layer …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RAINFOREST — Lush forest , generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical regions around the Equator. Despite …
Английский словарь Британика
LINGONBERRY — Fruit of a small creeping plant ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ) of the heath family , related to the blueberry and …
Английский словарь Британика
CANOPY — I. ˈkanəpē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English canope, canape, from Medieval Latin canopeum, canapeum mosquito net, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDERCANOPY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + canopy : understory
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOLERANCE — ˈtäl(ə)rən(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tolleraunce, from Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia, from tolerant-, tolerans (present …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAIN FOREST — noun 1. : a tropical woodland that has an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches and often much more, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOUCAN — ( familyRamphastidae ) Channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus). the common name given to numerous species of tropical American forest birds known …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPECTACLED OWL — ( Pulsatrix perspicillata ) nocturnal bird of prey found in tropical American forests and named for the white feathers around …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAVANNA — Figure 1: Worldwide distribution of savannas. also spelled savannah vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MANAKIN — ( subfamilyPiprinae ) the common name given to about 50 to 60 species of small, stubby, generally short-tailed birds abundant …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUGLOSSINE BEE — ( tribeEuglossini ) also called orchid bee or long-tongued bee any of a large group of brightly coloured, bees important …
Britannica English vocabulary
CECROPIA — ( genusCecropia ) several species of tropical tree of the family Cecropiaceae common to the understory layer of disturbed forest …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST — forest region and wilderness area in southeastern Alaska, U.S., on the Gulf of Alaska. Established in 1909 by a bill …
Britannica English vocabulary
JUGLANDALES — the walnut order of flowering plants, consisting of two families, Rhoipteleaceae and Juglandaceae, belonging to the class called dicotyledon (q.v.; …
Britannica English vocabulary
HAMAMELIDALES — order of woody flowering plants, belonging to the class known as dicotyledon (characterized by the presence of two seed leaves). …
Britannica English vocabulary
UNDERSTOREY — understorey, understory BrE AmE ˈʌnd ə ˌstɔːr i AmE \ - ə r- -ˌstoʊr i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWEET GUM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The forests are mostly mixes of loblolly pine and sweet gum , with a holly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OAK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an oak/vine/spinach etc leaf (= a leaf from a specific plant or tree ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUCKLEBERRY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The forests are mostly mixes of loblolly pine and sweet gum, with a holly and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bush ▪ The last one flipped Agnes into a holly bush . ▪ Next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GUM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bubble gum chew gum/tobacco chewing gum gum tree sweet gum COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAINFOREST — n. Lush forest , generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical regions around the Equator. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LINGONBERRY — n. Fruit of a small creeping plant ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ) of the heath family , related to the blueberry …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UNDERLAYER — Synonyms and related words : band, bed, bedding, bedrock, belly, belt, bottom, bottom side, breech, buttocks, couche, course, deck, downside, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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