sous-bois

Definitions of sous-bois
  1. noun
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
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    types:
    broussailles
    small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
    type of:
    bosquet, hallier
    a dense growth of bushes
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