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cryptoforest

cryptoforest noun: a tree-filled area that is not considered a forest, typically a previously developed area which has reverted to wild growth.

Noun

cryptoforest (plural cryptoforests)

  1. A tree-filled area that is not considered a forest, typically a previously developed area which has reverted to wild growth.
    • At the moment he is documenting and theorizing the weed systems and cryptoforest of the g/local Amazon.2010, W Hou Je Bek, “Fight the Google-Jugend!”, in Thresholds
    • Such cryptozoological phenomena reported on the marshes are easier to understand if you view the area as a cryptoforest.2016, Olu Jenzen, Sally R. Munt, The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Cultures, →ISBN, page 403

Forms of cryptoforest

pluralcryptoforests

Origin of cryptoforest

Coined by Wilfred Hou Je Bek as crypto- + forest

Words formed from cryptoforest

Questions about cryptoforest

What does cryptoforest mean?
Cryptoforest means a tree-filled area that is not considered a forest, typically a previously developed area which has reverted to wild growth.
What part of speech is cryptoforest?
Cryptoforest is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptoforest?
The plural of cryptoforest is cryptoforests.

Words near cryptoforest in the dictionary

  1. cryptofaunal
  2. cryptofax
  3. cryptofaxes
  4. cryptoflora
  5. cryptoflysch
  6. cryptoforest
  7. cryptoforestry
  8. cryptoforests
  9. cryptofunction
  10. cryptofunctions
  11. cryptogam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryptoforest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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