doghair

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noun

Pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.

“Holonyms: coat, pelt”

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Meanings

noundoghair (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebusinessPine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.

    The acres of doghair will continue to decline, due to the experimental program.

    1990, Olympic National Forest (N.F.), Land and Resource(s) ..., page 142
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    Doghair stands result from too many pine trees regenerating following fire or clearcutting which opens the forest canopy.

    1983, United States Bureau of Land Management. Platte River Resource Area, Forest ecology/plant identification trail, page 7

    In front of us was a stand of doghair pine, the kind of stunted, thin trees that grow close together like grass, each stem maybe three to six inches in diameter.

    2001, I Hear the Train: Reflections, Inventions, Refractions, →ISBN, page 55
  2. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dog, hair.

    Holonyms: coat, pelt

Origin

From dog + hair, by analogy with the thick hair on the back of a dog.

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