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“underwood” in Latin
virgultumbushes, thicket, copse, shrubbery, brambles; slips, sets or cuttings; plantsCatullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
underwood
silva caedua (= either “silva, quae in hoc habetur ut caedatur,” or [Servius] quae succisa rursus ex stipitibus aut radicibus renascitur, Gai., Dig., 50, 16, 30; Catullus, Varr., Col.): virgulta, -orum (brambles, etc., growing thick together).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for underwood?
- The usual Latin words for “underwood” are virgultum, Catullus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.