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mixedwood

mixedwood noun: having a diverse assortment of trees.

Noun

mixedwood (countable and uncountable, plural mixedwoods)

  1. (attributive) Having a diverse assortment of trees.
  2. (countable) A stand, wood or forest with a diverse assortment of trees.
    • The remaining sites, with intermediate moisture and medium to rich nutrient regimes, are capable of growing mixedwoods.1995, Christopher Herbert Richard Wedeles, Laird Van Damme, Effects of Clear-cutting and Alternative Silvicultural Systems on Wildlife in Ontario's Boreal Mixedwoods, Great Lakes Forestry Centre...
    • Mixedwoods play a somewhat larger role in this ecoregion when compared to ecoregion 3S.2000, G. D. Racey, Ramune O. Wiltshire, D. J. Archibald, Ecoregional Forest Composition Analysis for Northwestern Ontario Present Forest Condition, Northwest Science and Technology, page 10

Forms of mixedwood

pluralmixedwoods

Origin of mixedwood

From mixed + wood.

Questions about mixedwood

What does mixedwood mean?
Mixedwood means having a diverse assortment of trees.
What part of speech is mixedwood?
Mixedwood is a noun.
What is the plural of mixedwood?
The plural of mixedwood is mixedwoods.

Words near mixedwood in the dictionary

  1. mixed-up
  2. mixed-use
  3. mixeder
  4. mixedly
  5. mixedness
  6. mixedwood
  7. mixedwoods
  8. mixel
  9. mixels
  10. mixen
  11. mixens

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