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Noun: old growth
  1. Forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
    "The Redwood National Park protects some of the last remaining old growth forests in California";
    - virgin forest

Derived forms: old growths

Type of: forest, wood, woods

Encyclopedia: Old growth