underˈgrown, ppl. a.
[under-1 4 a, 10 a.]
1. Imperfectly grown or developed.
| c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 156 She hadde a fair forheed. It was almoost a spanne brood I trowe, For hardily she was nat vndergrowe. |
† 2. Showing signs of puberty. Obs.
| 1601 Holland Pliny I. 345 As well men as women-kind,..when they are come to fourteene yeares of age, and be under⁓growne. 1609 ― Amm. Marcell. xxvi. iii. 287 He had put forth a sonne of his, scarce undergrowne, unto a Sorcerer. |
3. Furnished with an undergrowth.
| 1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 3/1 A thicket of thorn trees, undergrown with long dried-up grass. |