understory

/หˆสŒndษ™(ษน)หŒstษ”ห(ษน)i/

IPA: /AH1 N D ER0 S T AO0 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The layer of plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/understory