old-growth forest

noun

A forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

Similar
primary forest
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Meanings

nounold-growth forest (countable and uncountable, plural old-growth forests)

plural old-growth forests

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

    Synonyms: primary forest

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

Similar
primary forest
Also see
primary forest

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 老林, 原生林
  • 老林 (lǎolín)forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • 原生林 (yuánshēnglín)forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • 原始林 (yuánshǐlín)forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Dutch oerbos, primair bos
  • oerbosforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • primair bosforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Finnish aarniometsä
  • aarniometsäforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
French forêt primaire
  • forêt primaireforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
German Primärwald
  • Primärwaldforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Hungarian őserdő
  • őserdőforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Polish las pierwotny, starolas
  • las pierwotnyforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • starolasforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Portuguese floresta primária
  • floresta primáriaforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Russian де́вственный лес
  • де́вственный лес (dévstvennyj les)forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Spanish bosque primario
  • bosque primarioforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Swedish urskog
  • urskogforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Turkish bakir orman
  • bakir ormanforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
Vietnamese rừng nguyên sinh
  • rừng nguyên sinhforest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
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APA

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Chicago

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