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Definition old-growth in American English

old-growth adjective

adjective
1

an old-growth forest has grown to a great age without significant disturbance and is therefore rich in wind-thrown trees, snags, stumps, mosses, lichens and other kinds of life

Example

a 200-acre old-growth forest

Definition old-growth in American English