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
The species is widespread across Ethiopia and known to inhabit woodlands and grasslands.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
In 2021 and 2022, the Los Angeles area was pounded by heavy rainfall, which put vegetative growth on hillsides, canyons and woodland areas on steroids.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
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.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
In 2021 and 2022, the Los Angeles area was pounded by heavy rainfall, which put vegetative growth on hillsides, canyons and woodland areas on steroids.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
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.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Woodland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodland. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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