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  • 41forest — [13] The underlying sense of forest appears to be ‘outside wooded area’. It comes from the late Latin phrase forestis silva (Latin silva means ‘wood’), which was applied to the royal forests of Charlemagne. The adjective forestis (which became… …

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  • 42forest — [13] The underlying sense of forest appears to be ‘outside wooded area’. It comes from the late Latin phrase forestis silva (Latin silva means ‘wood’), which was applied to the royal forests of Charlemagne. The adjective forestis (which became… …

    Word origins

  • 43forest reserve — an area of forest set aside and preserved by the government as a wilderness, national park, or the like. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * forest reserve, a tract of wooded land set aside by the government as a natural park and protected from wasteful… …

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  • 44Forest of the Departed — The Forest of the Departed ( es. Bosque de los Ausentes) is a memorial monument located at the park of El Retiro in Madrid that commemorates the 191 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings and the special forces agent who died when… …

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  • 45Forest Home Farms — In 1997, Ruth Quayle Boone bequeathed the 16 acre Boone family farm known as Forest Home Farms, at 19953 San Ramon Valley Boulevard, to the City of San Ramon in California for use as a municipal historic park in memory of her husband, Travis… …

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  • 46Forest dieback — Dieback is a condition in trees or woody plants in which peripheral parts are killed, either by parasites or due to conditions like acid rain.Two of the nine tipping points for major climate changes in the next century are directly related to… …

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  • 47forest reserve — an area of forest set aside and preserved by the government as a wilderness, national park, or the like. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 48forest n — Life... is... like... a... box... of... choc...o...la... IF a tree falls on a Forest, and no one is around, will it make a noise? see picture …

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  • 49forest goat — noun cow like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat • Syn: ↑spindle horn, ↑Pseudoryx nghetinhensis • Hypernyms: ↑bovid • Member… …

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  • 50Black Forest — For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest, South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest, Colorado. : For the cake or the gateau, please see Black Forest gateau. The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald ) is a wooded… …

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