Usually means: Layer beneath canopy in forests.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word understory:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. understory: Merriam-Webster
  2. understory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. understory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. understory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Understory, understory: Wordnik
  6. understory: Wiktionary
  7. understory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. understory: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. understory: Dictionary.com
  10. The Understory, Understory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. understory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. understory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. understory: Evolution Glossary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. UNDERSTANDING FORESTRY TERMS -- FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS (No longer online)
  2. UNDERSTORY: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (understory)

noun:  (architecture, dated, also figuratively) A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.
noun:  (ecology, also attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor.

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