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forestation

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for⋅est⋅a⋅tion

  [fawr-uh-stey-shuhn, for-]
–noun
the planting of forests.
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Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; forest + -ation
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for·est   (fôr'ĭst, fŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.

  2. Something that resembles a large, dense growth of trees, as in density, quantity, or profusion: a forest of skyscrapers.

  3. A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.

tr.v.   for·est·ed, for·est·ing, for·ests
To plant trees on.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva), outside (forest), from Latin forīs, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]
for'est·al, fo·res'tial (fə-rěs'chəl) adj., for'es·ta'tion n.
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