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shelterwood

noun

Etymology

From shelter + wood.

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

Definitions

  1. Mature trees left standing to provide shelter to new saplings.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA