tree farm

American  

noun

1. a tree-covered area managed as a business enterprise under a plan of reforestation that makes continuous production of timber possible.

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tree farm British  

noun

1. an area of forest in which the growth of the trees is managed on a commercial basis

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Etymology

Origin of tree farm

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Chester Thigpen, who owned a Christmas tree farm, was the face of this movement.

From Salon

Other years, we felled one on a tree farm.

From The Wall Street Journal

There aren’t as many Christmas tree farms in the state as there used to be, and he reckoned that would bolster his numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal

So he researched tree farms in the Pacific Northwest and visited them himself, selecting his own trees and, for a while, even driving his warehouse’s Robles Produce truck up north to transport them himself.

From Los Angeles Times

He testified in Congress many times saying he was afraid that, with the death tax, his family was going to have to sell the Christmas tree farm.

From Barron's