foresty

American  

[fawr-is-tee, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪs ti, ˈfɒr- /

adjective

1. suggestive of trees or a forest.

   The perfume has fresh, foresty notes of pine and juniper.

   That foresty green yarn would make a nice winter sweater.

2. covered by or surrounded with trees; wooded.

   Turn right onto the little foresty road past the bridge.

   There's some foresty hills just a few miles from town that we love to visit.

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Etymology

Origin of foresty

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

“So it’s definitely unpredictable. That’s what happens when you get these kind of foresty golf courses, and then with the gusts, I mean, that little golf ball is just getting thrown around all over the place.”

From Washington Post

So it kind of gives it that foresty flavor and foresty smell.

From Salon

It’s also this marine environment with dolphins, and it’s this foresty place too, more than the river of grass.

From Slate

But this place, tucked inside a pocket of the Kingdom of Death, didn’t have that foresty feel.

From Literature

Lincoln Carson, the chef of the new Los Angeles brasserie Bon Temps, tops escargots vol-au-vents with a take on persillade using green chartreuse; the “long, foresty notes” of the liqueur pair perfectly with snails.

From New York Times