as in forest
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the house is perched atop a hill amid a stretch of dense woodland
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Recent Examples of woodland
While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Snowdrops are perennials, perfect for naturalizing and planting in rock gardens, at the edges of woodlands, or forced indoors in containers.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
The other, in the woodlands north of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border, will be the Sáttítla National Monument.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Other activity options include teeing off at nearby golf clubs, hiking through local woodlands, and kayaking or fishing on Ago Bay – all can be easily arranged with a quick call to the hotel's concierge.
—Scott Campbell, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Snowdrops are perennials, perfect for naturalizing and planting in rock gardens, at the edges of woodlands, or forced indoors in containers.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
The other, in the woodlands north of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border, will be the Sáttítla National Monument.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Other activity options include teeing off at nearby golf clubs, hiking through local woodlands, and kayaking or fishing on Ago Bay – all can be easily arranged with a quick call to the hotel's concierge.
—Scott Campbell, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Woodland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodland. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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