Definition of Forestation

1. Noun. The act of planting a forest ¹

2. Noun. The conversion of a habitat to forest ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forestation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forestation

forestal
forestaled
forestaling
forestall
forestallable
forestalled
forestaller
forestallers
forestalling
forestallingly
forestallment
forestallments
forestalls
forestals
forestart
forestation (current term)
forestations
forestaves
forestay
forestays
forestaysail
forestaysails
foreste
forested
forested areas or land
forester
foresters
forestes
forestial
forestick

Literary usage of Forestation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New York State Constitution Annotated by New York (State), New York State Library (1915)
"... of water storage reservoirs for the development or conservation or utilization of water or regulation of its flow, or for the purposes of forestation. ..."

2. North American Forest Research: Investigative Projects in Forestry and by Earle Hart Clapp (1920)
"forestation General 75. Relation of soil acidity to forest planting (project F-1, D-4). To determine the causes of success or failure in forest planting on ..."

3. Two Essays on the Taxation of Unearned Incomes by Harry Gunnison Brown (1921)
"In passing, attention may be called to the fact that there is nothing in the scheme to tax land rent which need at all militate against the forestation of ..."

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