second growth

noun

1. the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.

second growth

noun

1. natural regrowth of a forest after fire, cutting, or some other disturbance

Word History and Origins

Origin of second growth¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The shores, at first bold and rough, covered with dense thickets of second-growth timber, now became smoother and more fertile.

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Melber straightened himself and lurched off into the second-growth.

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You can sail all over it in a bo't, and cut toothpicks from the tops of the second-growth birch.

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These old fields now mostly covered with second-growth forest, of which red gum forms an important part (see Fig. 12).

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Second-growth red gum occurs to any considerable extent only on land which has been thoroughly cleared.

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