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GREENWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenwood mean? 

GREENWOOD (noun)
  The noun GREENWOOD has 1 sense:

1. woodlands in full leafplay

  Familiarity information: GREENWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREENWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Woodlands in full leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

the greenwood was Robin Hood's home

Hypernyms ("greenwood" is a kind of...):

forest; timber; timberland; woodland (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)


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