reboisation

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noun

Reforestation.

OriginIndonesian reboisasi ← Dutch reboisatie, reboïsatie →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounreboisation (uncountable)
  1. IndonesiauncountableReforestation.

    the central government's reboisation programmes

    1994, Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises of the Republic of Indonesia, editor, Small Business Profile in Indonesia
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    considering the heterogenity in plantmaterial^([sic]) and soil it is only the aim to collect orientating data on the development of Pinus mercusii in function of the different plantpit treatments carried out at a very eroded site where reboisation with this type of tree is considered

    1976, Mededelingen van de Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Gent

Origin

  1. Dutchreboisatie, reboïsatie“reforestation”
  2. Indonesianreboisasi
  3. Englishreboisation

From Indonesian reboisasi, from Dutch reboisatie, reboïsatie (“reforestation”). Compare French reboisement (“reforestation”).

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APA

reboisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reboisation

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“reboisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reboisation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reboisation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reboisation.

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