greenwood

greenwood · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromgrene wode“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”
2. English todaygreenwood

From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.

Greenwood · proper noun²

* Probably from green + wood, an area covered with trees. * The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.