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underbrush

[uhn-der-bruhsh] / ˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ /


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At one fishing spot, a big mama iguana and eight babies scramble into the underbrush; it felt like a scene from “Jurassic Park.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

Their use, coupled with selective clearing of smaller trees and underbrush in another Indigenous technique called thinning, reduces the severity, intensity, and tree mortality of wildfires.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

In 2022, around 11,000 acres were “treated” with underbrush removal, selective logging and preplanned burning.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

Hidden in the underbrush, I watched the cars speed by, their headlights sweeping over me.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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