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Noun: forestry  for-u-stree [N. Amer], fó-ru-stree [Brit]
  1. The science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
     
  2. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
    - forest, woodland, timberland [N. Amer], timber, forestland [N. Amer]

Derived forms: forestries

Type of: biological science, biology, biome, dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

Encyclopedia: Forestry, urban

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