understory (English, noun)
expansion: understory (plural understories or (rare) understorys)
expansion: (chiefly American spelling)
Senses:
topics: architecture
glosses: A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.
tags: US
also
dated
figuratively
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.
tags: US
also
attributive
Forms:
form: understories
tags: plural
form: understorys
tags: plural
rare
form: understorey
tags: alternative