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ghost forest

ghost forest noun: a stand of dead or dying trees in a relatively intact state, typically occurring in coastal areas where rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and other factors lead to gradual tree death, though occasionally occurring in inland areas where a dam created a lake over a forest or where a forest has been killed by something.

ghost forest: a stand of dead or dying trees in a relatively intact state, typically occurring in coastal areas...
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Noun

ghost forest (plural ghost forests)

  1. A stand of dead or dying trees in a relatively intact state, typically occurring in coastal areas where rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and other factors lead to gradual tree death, though occasionally occurring in inland areas where a dam created a lake over a forest or where a forest has been killed by something.

Forms of ghost forest

pluralghost forests

Questions about ghost forest

What does ghost forest mean?
Ghost forest means a stand of dead or dying trees in a relatively intact state, typically occurring in coastal areas where rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and other factors lead to gradual tree death, though occasionally occurring in inland areas where a dam created a lake over a forest or where a forest has been killed by something.
What part of speech is ghost forest?
Ghost forest is a noun.
What is the plural of ghost forest?
The plural of ghost forest is ghost forests.

Words near ghost forest in the dictionary

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  2. ghost fleet
  3. ghost fleets
  4. ghost flight
  5. ghost flights
  6. ghost forest
  7. ghost forests
  8. ghost frog
  9. ghost frogs
  10. ghost from one's past
  11. ghost fungi

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