 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
afforestation
noun: the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest
(originally for the purpose of hunting)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Afforestation \Af*for'es*ta"tion\, noun
The act of converting into forest or woodland. --Blackstone.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "afforestation":
Christmas tree farming, arboretum, arboriculture, boondocks, bush,
bushveld, chase, climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, forest,
forest land, forest management, forest preserve, forestation,
forestry, fringing forest, gallery forest, greenwood, hanger,
index forest, jungle, jungles, logging, lumbering, national forest,
palmetto barrens, park, park forest, pine barrens, primeval forest,
protection forest, rain forest, reforestation, scrub, scrubland,
selection forest, shrubland, silviculture, sprout forest,
stand of timber, state forest, timber, timberland, tree farming,
tree veld, virgin forest, wildwood, wood, woodcraft, woodland,
woods
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