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undercanopy

undercanopy adjective: that live under a canopy.

Adjective

undercanopy (not comparable)

  1. That live under a canopy
    • Hence, the observed patterns suggest that some undercanopy species appear mainly close to a specific canopy species, and vice versa.2015 November 19, “Nature and Age of Neighbours Matter: Interspecific Associations among Tree Species Exist and Vary across Life Stages in Tropical Forests”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

undercanopy (plural undercanopies)

  1. The region beneath a canopy

Forms of undercanopy

pluralundercanopies

Origin of undercanopy

From under- + canopy.

Questions about undercanopy

What does undercanopy mean?
Undercanopy means that live under a canopy.
What part of speech is undercanopy?
Undercanopy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near undercanopy in the dictionary

  1. undercalculating
  2. undercalculation
  3. undercalculations
  4. undercame
  5. undercanopies
  6. undercanopy
  7. undercap
  8. undercapacity
  9. undercapitaled
  10. undercapitalisation
  11. undercapitalise

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