understory
Meanings
noun
- A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.
- The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.
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Etymology
PIE word *(H)n̥dʰér From under- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + story (“a floor or level”).
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