Definitions for "Overtopped"
Trees with crowns entirely below the general level of the crown cover or below competing vegetation and that receive no direct sunlight either from above or from the sides.
Trees entirely below the general level of the crown cover, receiving no direct light from above or the sides (see crown classes). Syn. - suppressed.
trees with crowns entirely below the general level of the crown cover receiving little or no direct light from above or from the sides.