reafforest

British

/ ˌriːəˈfɒrɪst /

verb

(tr) to replant (an area that was formerly forested)

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reafforestation

noun

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reafforest

—As treeless as Portugal we'll be soon, says John Wyse, or Heligoland with its one tree if something is not done to reafforest the land.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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