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doghair

doghair noun: pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.

Noun

doghair (uncountable)

  1. Pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.
    • Doghair stands result from too many pine trees regenerating following fire or clearcutting which opens the forest canopy.1983, United States Bureau of Land Management. Platte River Resource Area, Forest ecology/plant identification trail, page 7
    • The acres of doghair will continue to decline, due to the experimental program.1990, Olympic National Forest (N.F.), Land and Resource(s) ..., page 142
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dog, hair.
    • Holonyms: coat, pelt

Origin of doghair

From dog + hair, by analogy with the thick hair on the back of a dog.

Questions about doghair

What does doghair mean?
Doghair means pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.
What part of speech is doghair?
Doghair is a noun.

Words near doghair in the dictionary

  1. doggy-woggy
  2. doggystyle
  3. doggystyled
  4. doggystyles
  5. doggystyling
  6. doghair
  7. doghead
  8. dogheaded
  9. dogheads
  10. doghearted
  11. doghobble

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