WOODLAND


Meaning of WOODLAND in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷_lənd, -ˌland, -ˌlaa(ə)nd noun

Etymology: Middle English wodeland, from Old English wudulond, from wudu wood + lond land — more at wood , land

1.

a. : land covered with woody vegetation : timberland , forest

b. : a plot of wooded land managed or used in conjunction with a farm

2. or woodland green : a moderate olive green that is greener and darker than holly green (sense 2) and greener and slightly deeper than Lincoln green

II. adjective

Etymology: Middle English wodeland, from wodeland, n.

1.

a. : of, relating to, or occurring in woodland

a shady woodland path

woodland streams

b. : growing or living in woodland

woodland herbs

woodland birds

c. : constituting or made up of woodland

large woodland areas

2. usually capitalized : of or belonging to a cultural pattern extending over midwestern, eastern, and northeastern United States and Canada beginning about 500 B.C. and in some areas extending into historic times characterized by flexed burials, side-notched and stemmed projectile points made from cores, grooved axes, and pottery usually with a grit temper and in globular forms with conical or truncated base and no handles

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.