Meanings
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noun
The science and work of planting and looking after forests.
He studied forestry and now manages a national park.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
silviculturesylviculture
Word family
Forms
forestries
Derived forms
agroforestryecoforestrymycoforestrynonforestry
Etymology
From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest.
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