Meanings
nounnurse log (plural nurse logs)
plural nurse logs
- A fallen tree which, as it decays, provides ecological facilitation to seedlings.
Already, seedlings root in the nurse logsʼ crevices, nourished by the rot.
2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 624
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