reforest

reforest Definition

re·for·est (rē fôr′ist, -fär′-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to plant new trees on (land once forested)

reforest Related Forms

re′·for·esta′·tion noun

reforest Usage Examples

Object

area: This is particularly important for reforesting private land area.
land: Wangari Maathai founded the Greenbelt Movement in Kenya in the 1970s to reforest the land.

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