Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Land covered with trees.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting woodland.
- adjective Living, growing, or present in woodland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In forestry. See
forest , 1. - noun In phytogeography, a vegetation composed of woody plants, regarded by Schimper as one of three grand types of climatic formation (compare
grass-land , 2, anddesert ). - noun Land covered with wood, or land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or for timber.
- noun Synonyms Woods, Park, etc. See
forest . - Of, peculiar to, or inhabiting the woods; sylvan: as, woodland echoes; woodland songsters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are allowed to grow, either for fuel or timber.
- adjective Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
- adjective (Zoöl.) See under
Caribou .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
land covered with woodyvegetation . - adjective Of or pertaining to a creature or object growing, living, or existing in a woodland
- adjective obsolete Having the character of a woodland
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the speciality of this woodland is the bluebells and though we can walk up there any time we want to, we make a point of going up in early May.
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But the speciality of this woodland is the bluebells and though we can walk up there any time we want to, we make a point of going up in early May.
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But the speciality of this woodland is the bluebells and though we can walk up there any time we want to, we make a point of going up in early May.
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It adds an aesthetically pleasing element to the trunks of trees and is a standout in woodland and sunny areas.
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010
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I planted the mixed borders, dabbled in woodland gardening, and wandered dizzily through the fragrant world of roses.
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Common witch hazels have some of the most dependable yellow - and maroon-colored foliage in woodland areas.
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010
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They can even trace remains in woodland or in thick undergrowth and cover vast tracts of land.
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I planted the mixed borders, dabbled in woodland gardening, and wandered dizzily through the fragrant world of roses.
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I'm slowly realising that the same rule applies in woodland management.
A life less ordinary: Tobias Jones Tobias Jones 2010
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The handkerchief tree must be an extraordinary thing to see in Chinese woodland, where it is native.
hernesheir commented on the word woodland
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
--A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, 1896
June 20, 2011