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单词 undergrowing
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undergrowingadj.

Etymology: under- prefix1 2a(a), 4a(a)Undergrowing should probably be read in the gloss. (a1400) in Rel. Ant. I. 6 Frutex, undirglowyng.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈgrowing.
1. Arising, occurring. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > occurring or happening
undergrowinga1440
occurrentc1484
happening1530
contingent1532
occursive1592
occurring1627
coming1697
a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 16 But dyuerse vndirgrowynge ympedymentys, and, at the last, lettyng the Article of deith, that he wold had fulfillid he myght nat.
2. Growing beneath trees, etc.; growing up from below.
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the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > forming or having undergrowth
undergrowinga1586
undergrown1895
understorey1975
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 179v Sitting her downe vnder one of them, and making a posie of the fayer vndergrowinge flowers.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 17 On his legs Like fetters hang the vnder growing Segs.
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