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wildwood

American  
[wahyld-wood] / ˈwaɪldˌwʊd /

noun

  1. a wood growing in the wild or natural state; forest.


wildwood British  
/ ˈwaɪldˌwʊd /

noun

  1. archaic a wood or forest growing in a natural uncultivated state

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wildwood

before 1150; Middle English wilde wode, Old English wilde wudu. See wild, wood 1


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Instead of odes to the old cabin home in the mountains or the little church in the wildwood, Busby sang about the loneliness and alienation of life in the nation’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

For the wildwood in that book, I took particular inspiration from the ancient wood of Kingley Vale in Sussex.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020

Rhodelia has a ring to it that sounds grand enough for a major commercial city but delicate enough to describe a wildwood flower.

From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2019

It might help their sales to advertise that pawpaws are high in protein, vitamins A and C , iron, magnesium and manganese, but it shouldn’t be hard to sell a natural custard with wildwood flavors.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018

We erected our tents while I^ord Cheldthorpe and Druggett rode about the paths through the wildwood, calling to one another and firing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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