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elfin wood

noun

Etymology

From elfin + wood, circa 1900-05.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as elfin wood — “elfin + wood”

Definitions

  1. A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by…

    A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.

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