Etymology

pseudoforest

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Today it means: an undirected graph in which every connected component has at most one cycle Full definition →

English forest ← Middle English pseudo- ← Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Englishforest
  6. English todaypseudoforest

From pseudo- + forest.

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