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shrubification

shrubification noun: the proliferation of shrubs in a landscape formerly dominated by plants such as grasses and mosses, especially seen in the tundra as a result of global warming.

Noun

shrubification (uncountable)

  1. The proliferation of shrubs in a landscape formerly dominated by plants such as grasses and mosses, especially seen in the tundra as a result of global warming.

Origin of shrubification

shrub + -ification

Questions about shrubification

What does shrubification mean?
Shrubification means the proliferation of shrubs in a landscape formerly dominated by plants such as grasses and mosses, especially seen in the tundra as a result of global warming.
What part of speech is shrubification?
Shrubification is a noun.

Words near shrubification in the dictionary

  1. shrubby gromwells
  2. shrubby horsetail
  3. shrubby St. John's wort
  4. shrubby tororaro
  5. shrubful
  6. shrubification
  7. shrubland
  8. shrublands
  9. shrubless
  10. shrublet
  11. shrublets

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