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Meaning of AFFORESTATION

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
 

AFFORESTATION is a 13 letter word that starts with A.

 

 See Also: conversion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Af*for`es*ta"tion\, n.
The act of converting into forest or woodland. --Blackstone.
 
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