wildwood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wildwood
before 1150; Middle English wilde wode, Old English wilde wudu. See wild, wood 1
Example Sentences
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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
“To convert millions of acres of wildwood into farmland was unquestionably the greatest achievement of any of our ancestors,” wrote Oliver Rackham in his history of the British countryside in 1986.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015
“Bloodroot’s too valuable for the likes of us. I’ve tanroot and wildwood tea.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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