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undergreen

undergreen noun: greenery that is underneath.

Noun

undergreen (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) Greenery that is underneath.
    • 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!"
    • and in the cottonwoods not yet turned, the green and the undergreen whirl at the length of our petioles2009, Kenneth Irby, Kyle Waugh, Cyrus Console, The Intent On: Collected Poems, 1962-2006, page 540

Origin of undergreen

under- + green

Questions about undergreen

What does undergreen mean?
Undergreen means greenery that is underneath.
What part of speech is undergreen?
Undergreen is a noun.

Words near undergreen in the dictionary

  1. undergraduettes
  2. undergraze
  3. undergrazed
  4. undergrazes
  5. undergrazing
  6. undergreen
  7. undergreen willow
  8. undergrew
  9. undergrind
  10. undergrinding
  11. undergrinds

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