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Forestal

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for·est  (fôrst, fr-)
n.
1. A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.
2. Something that resembles a large, dense growth of trees, as in density, quantity, or profusion: a forest of skyscrapers.
3. A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.
tr.v. for·est·ed, for·est·ing, for·ests
To plant trees on.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva), outside (forest), from Latin fors, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

forest·al, fo·restial (f-rschl) adj.
fores·tation n.


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