forestlands

noun

plural of forestland
as in forests
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area the region's vanishing forestland

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Recent Examples of forestlands About 21% of California’s national forestlands are protected. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forestlands
  1. forests
  2. woods
Noun
  • An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Visitors moved from the sandstone cliffs of Antelope Canyon to the dappled light of the Ponderosa forests, and then the bright starscape of the Sonoran Desert.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Definition of forests
Noun
  • Royce Ben Jameson was arrested on suspicion of the offense of firing woods or prairie and third-degree criminal trespass.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • According to a medical examiner, the infant had likely been in the woods for only about 12 hours before being discovered.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of woods

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